This fact sheet provides a review of the “asylum cooperative agreements” policy that the U.S. signed with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras which allows the U.S. to send asylum seekers to these countries.
In 1997, the Flores Settlement Agreement established basic standards governing the custody, detention, and release of children in federal immigration custody. These standards are based on fundamental child welfare principles, namely that detention is harmful and that children should be reunified with their families as quickly as possible. This guide summarizes over two decades of lessons learned since its implementation and synthesizes the research and data that should ground future policy.
This briefing paper looks at how current policies aimed at blocking the entry of children and asylum seekers contribute toward the humanitarian crisis at the border rather than existing laws designed to protect children.
This fact sheet provides background and information about changes to the public charge rule, the factors that weigh negatively and positively in a public charge determination, and their implications for immigrant families and their children.
This factsheet highlights key info about health insurance accessibility for immigrants, including the impacts of fear and eligibility issues.
This page provides clarification on requirements regarding the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification.
This briefs highlights the negative consequences that the public charge rule will have on immigrant children and their families, including with respect to access to health coverage, food security, and housing stability.
This briefing book contains a white paper that provides background on the situation at the U.S.-Mexico Border and recommendations to improve care for children as well as experts’ biographies and contact information and additional materials.
The Women’s Refugee Commission filed this complaint to the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of numerous families who were separated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials along the U.S. southwestern border, where at least some member(s) of the family were placed into the administration’s so-called Migrant Protection Protocols and sent back to Mexico.
This FAQ on the DHS 2019 public charge rule provides responses to the most commonly asked questions related to this rule change.
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