Federal Court Allows Challenge to Government Policy Using Detained Children as Bait to Arrest Families
Legal Aid Justice Center (November 16, 2018)
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied the U.S. government’s motion to dismiss Legal Aid Justice Center’s lawsuit on behalf of detained immigrant children and their families, striking a blow to a new immigration policy that has kept thousands of children unnecessarily detained for months.
A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children
Kids in Need of Defense (October 9, 2018)
This updated publication provides a detailed timeline of the Trump administration’s actions to rollback child protections. The timeline details when all these actions took place, who put them into action, and what the impact on children is.
SPLC Urges Trump Administration to Preserve Measures That Protect Immigrant Children from Detention
Southern Poverty Law Center (November 5, 2018)
The Trump administration is seeking to undo the 1997 Flores settlement with changes that would again allow immigrant children to be locked up indefinitely. In the midst of its zero-tolerance policy and implementation of separation of parents and children at the border, the administration has announced a plan to issue regulations that would remove the important settlement protections.
Who Would Be Harmed by Trump’s “Public Charge” Proposal?
Jackie Vimo, CLASP (October 30, 2018)
The proposed “public charge” rule from the Trump administration would result in declines of immigrant families’ access to the basics we all need to survive. The proposal would make—and has already made—immigrant families afraid to seek programs that help them stay strong and productive and raise children who thrive.
Challenges to TPS terminations
Catholic Legal Network, Inc. ( October 12, 2018)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for nationals of Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, El Salvador, Nepal, and Honduras. In the wake of these termination decisions, several different cases have been filed in U.S district courts.
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.
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.
Initial Observations Regarding Family Separation Issues Under the Zero Tolerance Policy
DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Homeland Security (September 27, 2018)
The DHS Office of Inspector General released a special review concerning family separation issues under the zero-tolerance policy. This review covers issues such as lack of resources, inadequate tracking systems, and inconsistent information given to parents.
Trump Administration’s New Indefinite Family Detention Policy: Deterrence Not Guaranteed
Migration Policy Institute (September 26, 2018)
Trump’s policy on family detention, like the brief foray into family separation that was a result of the administration’s zero-tolerance policy ordering the prosecution of all illegal border crossers, is intended to deter future unauthorized arrivals, including asylum seekers. Yet there is little to suggest the policy will have the deterrent effect the administration is seeking.