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Recent Trump Administration Policies that Impact Health Coverage and Care for Immigrant Families

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight

Recent Trump Administration Policies that Impact Health Coverage and Care for Immigrant Families

Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (October 8, 2025)

This issue brief examines Trump administration and Congressional actions that restrict immigrants’ access to health coverage and care, analyzing how these changes will likely increase uninsured rates, reduce healthcare access, and negatively impact long-term health outcomes and economic productivity.

Making ‘Best interest’ visible: the role of frontline staff in the care of unaccompanied children

By | Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Research, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Making ‘Best interest’ visible: the role of frontline staff in the care of unaccompanied children

Benjamin Roth, John Doering-White, Breanne Grace, Jessica H. Darrow, Aimee Herring, and Stefan Liew; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (August 25, 2025)

This study analyzes how ORR shelter staff interpret and implement “best interest” standards for unaccompanied children, finding that narrow compliance measures may obscure children’s lived experiences and affect their perceived deservingness of legal relief in immigration court.

All in for a Thriving Connecticut: Opportunities to Support Upward Mobility for the State’s Immigrant Families

By | Immigrant Families Research, Language Issues, Research, Research Highlight

All in for a Thriving Connecticut: Opportunities to Support Upward Mobility for the State’s Immigrant Families

Margie McHugh, Julia Gelatt, Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh, Katherine Habben, Jacob Hofstetter and Julie Sugarman; Migration Policy Institute (September 2025)

This report examines how Connecticut’s state policies and services can better support immigrant integration and upward mobility, analyzing eight key areas including education, housing, healthcare, and workforce development based on interviews with state and local stakeholders.

Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’

By | In the News

Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’

Maanvi Singh, The Guardian (October 2, 2025)

The Trump administration has reportedly resumed family separations as a coercion tactic against immigrants and asylum seekers, with officials allegedly retaliating against those challenging deportation by misclassifying separated children as unaccompanied minors.

Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo

By | In the News

Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo

Didi Martinez, Laura Strickler and Julia Ainsley, NBC News (October 3, 2025)

The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children aged 14 and older $2,500 to voluntarily return or “self deport” to their home countries, raising concerns among advocates.

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