Senate Rejects Deal Threatening Protections for Asylum Seekers
Sarah Mehta, ACLU (February 8, 2024)
The Senate recently voted to reject an immigration bill that would have further restricted asylum and imposed increasingly punitive immigration enforcement policies.
‘No allies left’: Dreamers, DACA recipients are left out amid rightward shift on immigration
Suzanne Gambo, NBC News (February 10, 2024)
DACA recipients are left out of recent federal immigration proposals.
The Impact of the New FAFSA on Mixed Status Immigrant Families
Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration (February 14, 2024)
The Department of Education released an updated version of the FAFSA in December 2023 with critical barriers for parents without SSNs, leaving students in mixed-status families at risk of missing deadlines and much needed aid. This webinar reviews the current challenges.
Workaround to FAFSA glitch allows Texas students from immigrant families to apply for college aid
Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune (February 21, 2024)
A temporary workaround is now available for immigrant families impacted by glitches in the revamped FAFSA, allowing students to submit forms without parent signatures in order to meet deadlines.
U.S. sponsors for unaccompanied migrant children not properly screened, federal watchdog says
Scott Schwebke, Los Angeles Daily News (February 23, 2024)
A recently released OIG report indicates gaps in screenings and follow ups for sponsors of unaccompanied minors in ORR custody.
The GOP Border Bill Would Deport Families of Child Migrants
Nina Wang, Mother Jones (February 23, 2024)
Recently proposed border security legislation, HR2, would include provisions to expand deportation, restrict asylum and humanitarian parole, and require ORR to report the immigration status of UC’s sponsors to immigration enforcement officials.
ORR Influx Care Facilities for Unaccompanied Children: Fact Sheet
Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children & Families (February 23, 2024)
This factsheet provides a brief overview and current updates on ORR Influx Care Facilities.
How child migrants are put to work in unsafe and illegal conditions
Laura Barrón-López & Shoshana Dubnow, PBS News Hour (January 1, 2024)
This interview explores the dangerous jobs that many migrant children in the U.S. are working.
Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally
Acacia Coronado & Paul J. Weber, AP News (January 3, 2024)
The Justice Department has sued Texas due to a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. without permission.
