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Hirono, Harris, Chu, Grijalva, Correa Introduce Legislation to Provide Critical Assistance to Vulnerable Communities Impacted by COVID-19

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Hirono, Harris, Chu, Grijalva, Correa Introduce Legislation to Provide Critical Assistance to Vulnerable Communities Impacted by COVID-19

Mazie K. Hirono (April 3, 2o20)

The Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act was introduced by Hirono, Harris, Chu, Grijalva, and Correa. If passed, this act will ensure that immigrants have access to forms of relief, and it will temporarily change certain immigration policies.

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Coronavirus Relief Package Fails to Provide Aid to Millions of Immigrants, Including Many on the Front Lines

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Coronavirus Relief Package Fails to Provide Aid to Millions of Immigrants, Including Many on the Front Lines

Jorge Loweree, Immigration Impact (March 27, 2020)

On March 27, the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) was signed. The CARES Act will help provide aid and relief to our country due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, it negatively impacts immigrants.

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Growing Calls To Close Immigration Courts And Release Detainees As Virus Spreads

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Growing Calls To Close Immigration Courts And Release Detainees As Virus Spreads

Joel Rose, NPR (March 21, 2020)

As the COVID-19 outbreak grows, U.S. authorities are facing more pressure by immigration advocates to close all of the nation’s immigration courts and release detained immigrants who are not a threat to the public to prevent an outbreak in facilities after an ICE detention center employee tested positive for the virus.

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Children More at Risk for Abuse and Neglect Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Experts Say

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Children More at Risk for Abuse and Neglect Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Experts Say

Suzanne Hirt, Andrea Ball, & Katie Wedell, USA Today (March 21, 2020)

Since the largest group of tipsters for suspected child abuse are educators, hundreds of thousands of at-risk children are at a higher risk of experiencing abuse and neglect due to the school closures related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Feds Were Ill-Prepared to Deal with Separated Children Under Trump’s ‘zero tolerance,’ Watchdog Finds

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Feds Were Ill-Prepared to Deal with Separated Children Under Trump’s ‘zero tolerance,’ Watchdog Finds

Daniella Silva, NBC News (March 5, 2020)

A recent report found that poor communication and decisions made DHHS unprepared for caring for and reunifying migrant children who had been separated from their families.

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