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Biden administration extends deportation relief for Haitian immigrants, allows new applications

By | In the News

Biden administration extends deportation relief for Haitian immigrants, allows new applications

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (May 22, 2021)

The Biden administration has announced that it will extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for 54,000 Haitian immigrants living in the U.S. by 18 months, and it will allow tens of thousands of other eligible Haitians to apply for relief.

Biden administration scraps plans to house “tender age” migrant children at Texas Army base

By | In the News

Biden administration scraps plans to house “tender age” migrant children at Texas Army base

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (May 24, 2021)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has done away with a plan to house up to 5,000 migrant children under the age of 12 at the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso amid concerns of subpar conditions and prolonged stays.

Strengthening Border Families: Community & Policy Responses

By | Child Well-Being, CICW Publications, Early Childhood, Reports

Strengthening Border Families: Community and Policy Responses to Serving Immigrant Families with Young Children in Doña Ana County, NM

Megan Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, Anayeli Lopez, and Michelle Salazar Pérez; Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (May 2021)

This report details the results and recommendations of the first phase of a community-based participatory research project which aimed to explore the accessibility and quality of services as well as barriers and facilitators to service receipt among immigrant families with young children in the New Mexico borderlands. It is also available in Spanish here.

Practice Alert: USCIS Policy Manual Updates Related to Asylees and Refugees

By | Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight

Practice Alert: USCIS Policy Manual Updates Related to Asylees and Refugees

AILA Doc. No. 21040830 (April 8, 2021)

This document created by the American Immigration Lawyers Association summarizes and lists the details of the recent changes that were made to the USCIS Policy Manual for working with Asylees and Refugees. (Document access requires an AILA account).

Webinar: Serving LGBTQIA Children Who Are Seeking Protection

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Unaccompanied Minors

Webinar: Serving LGBTQIA Children Who Are Seeking Protection

Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (March 25, 2021)

This webinar explores the strengths and challenges that LGBTQIA children encounter when they seek protection in the United States.  The panel of experts that participated in the webinar discuss how they have worked with this population and offer recommendations for improving the immigration system so that it can better support immigrant LGBTQIA youth.

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