The Trump administration has ended the Protected Areas policy, a policy in effect since 2011 instructing ICE not to conduct immigration enforcement operations in certain sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, and churches.
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
Despite the recent rescission of the protected areas policy, there are a number of things schools can still do to protect immigrant students’ and families’ rights and access to education.
The Department of Justice has instructed legal service providers who receive federal funding to cease providing legal orientation and access programs that help individuals, families and children at risk of deportation.
In a recent Berkeley Talks podcast, sociology professor Stephanie Canizales discusses her 2024 book, Sin Padres, Ni Papeles, which delves into the experiences of undocumented immigrant youth coming of age in the US without their parents. The podcast also features a panel of Berkeley professors who share their thoughts about the book, including Kristina Lovato, assistant professor of social welfare and CICW director.
Many cities, states, police departments, school districts and other local governments are indicating that they will not aid in federal immigration enforcement efforts.
A group of Quaker congregations is suing DHS over the end of the protected areas policy arguing that the rescission of the policy threatens religious liberty.
President Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law, which will make it easier to detain and deport immigrants without legal status who are charged with certain crimes.
The ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union have filed an amicus brief with the New York State Court of Appeals challenging the termination of a father’s parental rights and addressing issues of race, national origin, and disability discrimination in child welfare proceedings, especially in cases where non-English speaking parents face communication barriers.
A new documentary “Separated” explores the first Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, which forcibly separated over 5,000 migrant children from their families.
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