The Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit that researches and advocates changes in the criminal justice system, launched the Safety and Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) Cities Network this past week. The cities and counties making up the network will be providing legal counsel for immigrants facing deportation proceedings.
Read the StoryThe Rational Middle and the Center for Houston’s Future have teamed up to tackle the contentious issue of immigration and to help catalyze a discussion about sensible immigration reform by releasing a web series. The first two episodes of “Rational Middle: Immigration” discuss the challenges and opportunities of fixing the broken immigration system. These episodes are now streaming.
View the EpisodesThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will be terminating protections for 2,500 Nicaraguans as of January 2019. The DHS has yet to come to a decision about whether or not they will extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for 57,000 Hondurans, as well as thousands of immigrants from El Salvador and Haiti.
Read the StoryJerry Milner, the Acting Commissioner of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, answers questions regarding a range of issues including maltreatment prevention, federal finance reform and the future of the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process, as follow up to an interview that took place earlier this fall.
Read the StoryMonths after Chicago officials established up a $1.3 million fund to boost legal services for immigrants facing deportation, there’s been a big spike in immigrants with legal representation, a study has found.
Read the StoryAP Friends of Children Fund grants seek to facilitate community- and state-level partnerships to address pediatric public health issues, including those that effect immigrant children.
Read the StoryRosa Maria Hernandez, an immigrant child with cerebral palsy, has been released from a federally funded shelter in San Antonio, where she had been held for 10 days after undergoing surgery. She was detained due to the fact that she was an undocumented immigrant traveling without her parents.
Read the StoryAs Trump moves to sanction countries that don’t accept deportees, analysts warn that U.S. residents of Vietnamese origin no longer have the same protections.
Read the StoryA new program in Italy is connecting adults with unaccompanied child migrants to help them enroll in school, apply for healthcare and gain legal status, offering both practical guidance and essential emotional support.
Read the StoryUndocumented immigrant teens are being held in detention centers while not knowing how long they will be in there for and not having access to legal representation. One teen shares his experiences with sexual harassment and assault, in addition to the living conditions experienced by many youth being held in these detention centers.
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