Several students who were enrolled in U.S. K-12 schools last year will not be returning this fall because ICE has deported them to other countries.
Immigrant children are being held in “unsafe and unsanitary” detention facilities with inadequate medical care while the Trump administration seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement that has mandated basic protections and oversight for detained immigrant children since 1997.
Trump administration policies have caused unaccompanied minors to spend more time in federal custody before being released to relatives – an average of 217 days compared to 35 days during the Biden administration.
The Trump administration has been sending immigration enforcement agents to conduct “wellness checks” on unaccompanied. minors, causing fear among immigrant children and families.
A CNN report revealed that approximately 500 children have been taken back into government custody following “welfare checks” by ICE agents.
DHS has requested 21,000 National Guard troops to support interior immigration enforcement operations, including a call to search for unaccompanied children and transport them between states.
A USCIS policy alert announced the elimination of the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Deferred Action policy, placing vulnerable immigrant youth at risk of deportation.
A federal judge ruled that ORR must reconsider the cases of some migrant children who have remained in government custody since the Trump administration changed the identification requirements for potential family sponsors.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provides crucial legal services to immigrant families who were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New research indicates that recent deportation sweeps have led to parents keeping their children home from school.
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