The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce a rule that makes it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards or visas if they are dependent on public assistance.
Read MoreLast month, the House and Senate passed several funding bills that will provide critical funds for the care of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children. This funding also attempts to help improve the conditions in some of the countries where many of these children have fled.
Read MoreAfter state police threatened to separate parents from their children, Mexican authorities took action by removing almost 100 Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States from a camp in downtown Ciudad Juarez which is across the border from El Paso, TX.
Read MoreThe Trump administration announced that it will expand a controversial agreement with Guatemala that will send Mexican asylum-seekers to Central America despite opposition by the Mexican government.
Read MoreA new lawsuit will attempt to solve the problem of “aging out” for immigrant children who are ineligible to immigrate with their families.
Read MoreAs the treatment of migrant children is publicly debated, the fate of a six-year-old girl and her father is currently being decided.
Read MoreThe Trump administration began a pilot program that allows the collection of DNA samples of certain migrants and immigrants who are in U.S. immigration custody.
Read MoreA Guatemalan woman who is seeking asylum in Massachusetts is suing the federal government to reunite with her family.
Read MoreSome asylum-seekers who have been returned by U.S. authorities to northern Mexico will now have to travel more than 340 miles to be able to attend their hearings in American immigration courts.
Read MoreYouth who have spent time in the foster care system have the opportunity to participate in an internship on Capitol Hill. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) is now accepting applications for its 2020 Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI).
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