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Jan 01
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Responding to Inappropriate RFEs and NOIDS in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Responding to Inappropriate RFEs and NOIDS in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases

Sharon Hing, Alison Kamhi, and Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 2018)
This practice advisory provides an overview of the law governing RFEs and NOIDs, outlines the changes to USCIS policy announced in the July 2018 Policy Memo, and sets forth a six-step process to follow when responding to requests for additional evidence. Also included are sample arguments to make when responding to common RFE and NOID scenarios in the SIJS context.
Dec 01
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Application of the Child Status Protection Act to the Children of U.S. Citizen Petitioners

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

Application of the Child Status Protection Act to the Children of U.S. Citizen Petitioners

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 2018)

This practice advisory is one of a series of ILRC Practice Advisories on the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).1 CSPA, enacted on August 6, 2002, is a complex law that applies in different ways to different types of immigrant offspring. The overall intent of this law is to compensate for delays in processing that in the past caused the children of immigrants to age out and become ineligible for certain immigration benefits through their parents.

Nov 29
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Applying Child Development Research to Immigration Policy

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Topics

Applying Child Development Research to Immigration Policy

María A. Ramos-Olazagasti, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (November 2018)

This brief discusses how research on child development, neuroscience, and trauma can inform federal policy regarding the treatment of children and their families arriving at our nation’s border.

Nov 21
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Public Charge and Naturalization

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Resources, Topics

Public Charge and Naturalization

Erin Quinn and Melissa Rodgers, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (November 21, 2018)
This practice advisory provides an update on public charge for advocates providing naturalization legal assistance. The advisory briefly discusses the legal standard for assessing public charge and then discusses how to advise lawful permanent residents looking to naturalize.
Nov 15
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Estimated Impacts of the Proposed Public Charge Rule on Immigrants and Medicaid

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Workers, Topics

Estimated Impacts of the Proposed Public Charge Rule on Immigrants and Medicaid

Samantha Artiga, Rachel Garfield, and Anthony Damico, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation (October 11, 2018)

This analysis provides new estimates of the potential impacts from the proposed Trump administration changes to the public charge rule. Using 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation data, it examines the (1) share of noncitizens who originally entered the U.S. without LPR status who have characteristics that DHS could potentially weigh negatively in a public charge determination and (2) number of individuals who would disenroll from Medicaid under different scenarios.

Nov 14
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A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

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.

Nov 01
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How Federal and State Food Stamps Programs Affect Recent Immigrant Families in the United States

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Relief, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

How Federal and State Food Stamps Programs Affect Recent Immigrant Families in the United States

Heather Koball, National Center for Children in Poverty (January 29, 2018)

Children of immigrants are at greater risk of going without enough food than the children of native-born citizens – even when income levels and other economic factors are taken into account. Immigrant families often experience economic hardships, of course, but their food insecurity may also be traced to U.S. federal and state policies that make some immigrants ineligible for food stamps.

Oct 30
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Who Would Be Harmed by Trump’s “Public Charge” Proposal?

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Topics

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.

Oct 29
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Challenges to TPS terminations

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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.

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