Changes to Public Charge: Analysis and Frequently Asked Questions
Protecting Immigrant Families (February 3, 2020)
This documents reflects the changes to the public charge rule that will go into effect on February 24, 2o20.
Public Charge
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (no date)
This page highlights the public charge policy that will go into effect on February 24, 2020.
Watchdog Report: May Never Know How Many Children Were Separated
United States Government Accountability Office (February 2020)
This report found that inconsistencies in record keeping may never give the exact number of children who were separated or who remain separated a result of ‘Zero Tolerance.’ It also includes recommendations to DHS and HHS.
Resilience and Risk at the Intersection of Immigration and Child Well-Being: Research Insights From the Young Scholars Program
Lisseth Rojas-Flores, Foundation for Child Development (January 31, 2020)
This research report provides findings that relate to the future of young children from immigrant families in relation to today’s socio-economic and sociopolitical climate. It also includes recommendations for action at the public policy, family, school, and neighborhood levels.
The Public Charge Final Rule: FAQs for Immigration Practitioners
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (January 30, 2020)
This fact sheet highlights many concerns that have been raised by practitioners surrounding how the new public charge regulations will affect their clients.
“Asylum Cooperative Agreements” Fact Sheet
Kids in Need of Defense (No Date)
This fact sheet provides a review of the “asylum cooperative agreements” policy that the U.S. signed with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras which allows the U.S. to send asylum seekers to these countries.
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.
Child Welfare & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Immigration Custody
National Center for Youth Law (December, 2019)
In 1997, the Flores Settlement Agreement established basic standards governing the custody, detention, and release of children in federal immigration custody. These standards are based on fundamental child welfare principles, namely that detention is harmful and that children should be reunified with their families as quickly as possible. This guide summarizes over two decades of lessons learned since its implementation and synthesizes the research and data that should ground future policy.
CBP Families and Children Care Panel Final Report
Department of Homeland Security (November 14, 2019)
In an interim report issued in April 2019, a bipartisan panel made a set of emergency recommendations in response to the increase of immigrants, especially family units, at the southern border, including changes to asylum processing at the border. In this final report, the panel supplements the recommendations from their April report with additional recommendations related to emergency funding, U.S. government agency coordination, unaccompanied minors, federal investigative efforts, and push factors.
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.
