Explainer: Immigrants and the Use of Public Benefits in the United States
Valerie Lacarte, Migration Policy Institute (October 2024)
This explainer reviews access and restrictions to public benefits for immigrants.
Schools, Stability, and Community Prosperity: New Students Seeking Asylum
Women’s Refugee Commission (September 12, 2024)
This backgrounder explores current challenges affecting newcomer students and provides recommendations to improve school and community supports.
Practical Solutions that Protect Unaccompanied Children Seeking Safety
Kids in Needs of Defense (September 24, 2024)
This blueprint reviews issues and policies impacting unaccompanied children and provides recommendations the U.S. government can take to improve child protection and well-being.
Issue Brief: Insights from OIG’s Work on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Efforts to Care for Unaccompanied Children
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (March 7, 2024)
This issue brief provides insights from the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) oversight of ORR’s Unaccompanied Children Program.
Newcomer Immigrant Children’s Access to K-12 Education
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (July 31, 2024)
This policy brief provides background on policies and issues impacting immigrant children’s access to K-12 education in the U.S.
Fact Sheet: Presidential Proclamation to Suspend and Limit Entry and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (June 4, 2024)
This factsheet reviews the key components of the Biden administration’s new policy restricting access to asylum, including the process, exceptions, and consequences.
The Way Forward for Immigrant Access to Public Benefit Programs
Juan Carlos Gomez & Juliana Zhou, CLASP (July 26, 2024)
This brief reviews policy barriers to immigrant access to public benefits and needed reforms.
Expanding Language Access in Federally Supported Programs: Practical Solutions for Persistent Problems
Jacob Hofstetter & Margie McHugh, Migration Policy Institute (June 2024)
This policy brief reviews federal language access requirements, gaps in existing frameworks for ensuring language access, and recommendations for improvement.
Securing Our Future: The Need for a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers
Children Thrive Action Network (June 14, 2024)
This factsheet reviews the impacts of inaction in Congress for DACA recipients and their families.
Clarifying the Eligibility of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Certain Other Noncitizens for a Qualified Health Plan
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Federal Register (May 8, 2024)
This final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services modifies the definition of “lawfully present” that applies to enrollment eligibility in a Qualified Health Plan, allowing DACA recipients to be eligible for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
