Hundreds of asylum seekers find hope in the New York Public School System and more funding is needed in these schools to provide adequate support to students and their families.
A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure safe and sanitary housing for minors in border patrol custody in the El Paso and Rio Grande Valley sectors in Texas.
The Biden administration has proposed a new national identification card system for undocumented immigrants to provide them with temporary ID cards as they navigate their immigration cases.
400 children have been reunited with their parents after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration.
The ICE Office of Partnership and Engagement hosted a virtual engagement with over 30 individuals from various NGOs to hear feedback on the updated parental interests directive, which sets requirements for ICE to preserve access to family visitation and child welfare services for detained parents.
The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act and rejected attempts to include several harsh immigration enforcement provisions.
Asylum seeking families arriving at New York City homeless shelters are being separated in some cases due to lack of proper documentation to prove they are a family unit, causing some families to opt to sleep on the street
Although 400 children and families previously separated under the Trump administration have been reunited, some 1,000 still remain separated and ongoing efforts must be made to continue this reunification progress.
In the wake of the overturn of Roe v. Wade, unaccompanied immigrant children in U.S. custody who want to seek an abortion are being moved to states that don’t have new abortion restrictions as advocates call on ORR to expand their policy on abortion access.
New York City has developed Project Open Arms, a collaborative effort of city and nonprofit agencies to help asylum-seeking families get enrolled in school and access needed social services.
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