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Oct 24
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No End in Sight, Why Migrants Give Up on Their U.S. Immigration Cases

By | Deportation, Detention, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Topics

No End in Sight, Why Migrants Give Up on Their U.S. Immigration Cases

Southern Poverty Law Center (October 24, 2018)

Every day, thousands of people are locked away in detention centers – essentially prisons – as they pursue their immigration cases and the hope of a new life in the United States. Many have fled violence and bodily harm in their home countries. But all too often, detained immigrants, particularly in the Deep South, give up on their cases because their conditions of confinement are too crushing to bear.

Oct 23
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Changing Public Charge Immigration Rules: The Potential Impact on Children Who Need Care

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Public Charge, Topics

Changing Public Charge Immigration Rules: The Potential Impact on Children Who Need Care

Leah Zallman and Karen Finnegan, California Health Care Foundation (October 23, 2018)

This issue brief discusses how the Trump administration changes to the public charge rule could impact Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment among a particularly vulnerable group: low- and moderate-income children “in need of medical attention,” defined as children with a current or recent medical diagnosis, disability, and/or need for specific therapy.

Sep 24
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Proposed Changes to “Public Charge” Policies for Immigrants: Implications for Health Coverage

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Public Charge

Proposed Changes to “Public Charge” Policies for Immigrants: Implications for Health Coverage

Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (September 24, 2018)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the proposed changes to “public charge” policies and its implications for health and health coverage of legal immigrant families and their predominantly U.S.-born children.

Sep 19
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The Trump Administration and the Flores Settlement Agreement: An Attempt to Undermine Decades-Old Protections for Vulnerable Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors

The Trump Administration and the Flores Settlement Agreement: An Attempt to Undermine Decades-Old Protections for Vulnerable Children

Kids in Need of Defense ( September 19, 2018)

The proposed termination of the Flores settlement would expand the government’s ability to detain children for longer periods in family detention facilities and to lessen the standards it is required to meet in detaining unaccompanied children. This fact sheet reviews exactly what these expanded abilities would be.

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Sep 12
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Trump’s Executive Order and the Flores Settlement Explained

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors

Trump’s Executive Order and the Flores Settlement Explained

Refugees International (June, 2018)

An issue brief on the Flores Settlement Agreement and President Trump’s executive order to detain children together with their parents while criminal or immigration proceedings are being resolved.

 

Aug 15
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Oversight of the Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Oversight of the Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children

United States Senate, Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (August 15, 2018)

This report documents findings related to the oversight of federal government programs designed to care for unaccompanied children and ensure they are not trafficked or abused The subcommittee has focused on weaknesses in the care of unaccompanied children and placement with sponsors.

Jul 31
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Uncovering the Government’s Internal Family Separation Policies, Guidance, and Data

By | Family Separation, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Uncovering the Government’s Internal Family Separation Policies, Guidance, and Data

American Immigration Council (June 27, 2018)

The American Immigration Council and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP filed a complaint on June 27, 2018 challenging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) failure to response to FOIA requests compelling government agencies to produce documents regarding family separation policies, guidance, and data.

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