Practice Alert: Temporary Changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Response to COVID-19
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August 18, 2020)
The ILRC provides updates on the changes that USCIS has made due to COVID-19.
The Invisible Wall: Policies that Threaten Immigrant Families
Protecting Immigrant Families (August 14, 2020)
This resource reviews the litany of polices Trump’s administration has executed to decrease immigration to the United States. It details if the policy has been proposed, is in litigation, and its potential finality.
Dismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency
Sarah Pierce and Jessica Bolter, Migration Policy Institute (July, 2020)
Since Trump’s inauguration, over 400 policies and executive orders have been implemented targeting all levels of immigration to and within the United States. This report covers all notable changes and their long lasting effects on the immigration system.
How can child protection agencies support families and children who lack lawful immigration status?
Casey Family Programs (June 22, 2020)
This resource covers resources and strategies to best support immigrant families that do not have documented status within the United States.
DHS and DOJ Proposed Rule: COVID-19 and Asylum Claims
DHS and DOJ (July 9, 2020)
The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice proposed a new rule to consider COVID-19 as a means to deny someone asylum. They are accepting public comment on this proposed rule until August 10, 2020.
Practice Alert: Temporary Changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Response to COVID-19
Peggy Gleason & Ariel Brown, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 27, 2020)
This brief provides all updates to USCIS services during COVID-19 pandemic.
The History and Future of Gender Asylum Law and Recognition of Domestic Violence as a Basis for Protection in the United States
Deborah Anker, ABA Journal (April 28, 2020)
Anker details the history and development of the United States’ gender asylum law. Through a series of court decisions, the U.S. considered survivors of domestic violence a particular social group under the United Nations definition of a refugee. Jeff Sessions challenged this in 2018 and eliminate protections for women seeking asylum. This continues to be challenged in court.
Public Charge Relief Chart
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 10, 2019)
This resource will help to determine a clients public charge applicability to applications and provides a list of relief forms to assist.
Many Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status Face Uncertain Future in U.S.
D’Vera Cohn, Jeffery S. Passel and Kristen Bialik, Pew Research Center (November 27, 2019)
This resource finds that immigrants who have time-limited permission to live and work in the United States under a program known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) face an uncertain future amid legal and political debates over their future.
Practice Alert: SIJS Policy Updates and Proposed Regulations
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (November 5, 2019)
This practice alert highlights the key take-aways from three recently adopted AAO decisions and some of the most important elements of the proposed regulations for advocates to challenge through comments, and contains an Appendix with case summaries of the AAO decisions.
