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Law & Policy

Ensuring Humane and Orderly Processing of Unaccompanied Children at the U.S.-Mexico Border

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

Ensuring Humane and Orderly Processing of Unaccompanied Children at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Kids in Need of Defense (December 12, 2022)

This policy brief provides recommendations to improve the humane and efficient reception and processing of unaccompanied children and other migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in light of the anticipated end of Title 42.

USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 8: Admissibility, Part G, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 8: Admissibility, Part G, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (December 19, 2022)

This policy manual provide key background and information about the final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility, which becomes effective December 23, 2022.

Overlooked but Essential: Language Access in Early Childhood Programs

By | Early Childhood, Federal Policy, Language Issues, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, State Policies

Overlooked but Essential: Language Access in Early Childhood Programs

Maki Park, Jacob Hofstetter, and Ivana Tu Nhi Giang; Migration Policy Institute (October 1, 2022)

This policy brief reviews how language access can act as a barrier to early childhood education for dual language learners and offers recommendations on how to improve language access across early childhood services.

Kids and families need a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and undocumented youth

By | Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Kids and Families need a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and undocumented youth

Children Thrive Action Network (November 10, 2022)

This factsheet provides information on the current status of DACA given recent court rulings, the impacts if it were to come to an end, and the importance of passing a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients.

The Public-Charge Final Rule Is Far from the Last Word

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

The Public-Charge Final Rule Is Far from the Last Word

Jonathan Beier and Essey Workie, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) (September 1, 2022)

In this piece, the Migration Policy Institute discusses the new public charge rule and recommends next steps in preventing barriers to accessing services for immigrant families.

The Biden Public Charge Regulation: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Families?

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

The Biden Public Charge Regulation: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Families?

Protecting Immigrant Families (September 8, 2022)

This explainer contains information for immigrant families about what the public charge rules does, why it was changed, and how it might be challenged in the future.

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

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

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

Emily Bartholomew, Sebastian Guzman, Hortencia Rodríguez, Shaina Aber, Alejandro Garcia, and Tammy Cho; Vera Institute (June 2022)

This report, informed by the perspectives of 32 unaccompanied young adults, contains policy recommendations to improve the system that receives unaccompanied children in the U.S.

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