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Jul 22
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AP Exclusive: Migrant Kids Held in US Hotels, Then Expelled

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AP Exclusive: Migrant Kids Held in US Hotels, Then Expelled

Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press (July 22, 2020)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is working with a private contractor to house unaccompanied minor children in three Hampton Inn & Suites in Arizona and Texas before they are officially deported. Advocates are concerned about the welfare of the children, and ICE has referred to the company largely in charge of monitoring and caring for the children as “transportation specialists.”

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Jul 21
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A Judge Ordered the US to Accept New DACA Applications. It’s Unclear if the Trump Administration Will

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A Judge Ordered the US to Accept New DACA Applications. It’s Unclear if the Trump Administration Will

Catherine E. Schoichet, CNN (July 21, 2020)

After the Supreme Court denied Trump’s attempt to dissolve DACA, a federal judge ordered USCIS to process applications pre-Trump’s order; meaning they must accept new DACA applications. However, some DACA applicants have received rejection notices without justification and advocates are concerned the USCIS is not complying with these updated orders.

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Jul 09
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How the Trump Administration is Turning Legal Immigrants into Undocumented Ones

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How the Trump Administration is Turning Legal Immigrants into Undocumented Ones

Catherine Rampell, Washington Post (July 9, 2020)

In June, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ended a contract with a company that was responsible for printing legal permanent resident cards and greatly reduced the capacity of another company. Immigrants and their attorneys waiting for green cards are left in confusion over the new delays.

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Jul 01
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Millions of U.S. Citizens Could Be Excluded under Trump Plan to Remove Unauthorized Immigrants from Census Data

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Millions of U.S. Citizens Could Be Excluded under Trump Plan to Remove Unauthorized Immigrants from Census Data

Randy Capps, Jennifer Van Hook, & Julia Gelatt, Migration Policy Institute (July 2020)

Trump recently announced a move to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the 2020 U.S. Census data. MPI predicts that nearly 20 million U.S. Citizens might be excluded from the data since no foolproof way exists to discern an undocumented immigrant from documented ones.

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Jun 26
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U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules

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Miriam Jordan, N.Y. Times (June 26, 2020)

Judge Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered the release of all children held in all of the three family detention centers in the country by July 17th. This order comes as children have tested positive for COVID-19 and applies to children held in detention for more than 20 days.

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Jun 26
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New Legislation Partially Addresses Immigrant Families Left Out of Previous COVID-19 Relief, Continues to Exclude Millions of Children

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New Legislation Partially Addresses Immigrant Families Left Out of Previous COVID-19 Relief, Continues to Exclude Millions of Children

CLASP (June 16, 2020)

New legislation would allow spouses of ITIN filers with Social Security Numbers to receive stimulus payments; including millions of families in economic relief initially left out in the CARES Act. However, families whose parents do not have Social Security Numbers would remain ineligible.

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Jun 22
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Kids’ Suit Alleging Covid Relief Payments Discriminate Proceeds

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Kids’ Suit Alleging Covid Relief Payments Discriminate Proceeds

Julie Steinberg, Bloomberg News (June 22, 2020)

Courts granted minors the right to sue the federal government for discrimination in COVID-19 CARES Act subsidy payments that were not allowed to go to citizen children of undocumented parents. The government must now face a proposed class action suit.

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Jun 19
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Immigrant Teens Left Out When Trump Ended DACA are In Limbo After Supreme Court Ruling

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Immigrant Teens Left Out When Trump Ended DACA are In Limbo After Supreme Court Ruling

Julia Preston, The Marshall Project (June 19, 2020)

While the Supreme Court dismissed Trump’s efforts to eliminate DACA, many young people still do not know what their future might hold. The Supreme Court’s decision has no implications for allowing new participants from applying for DACA protections.

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