COVID and Beyond: Rebuilding our Immigration System
LIRS (August 4, 2020)
This free event will discuss ways to help restore America’s immigration system to what it once was: a welcoming country as a global humanitarian leader.
Link to WebinarStart with Equity Series Part Four: Equitably Expanding High Quality Learning Opportunities for Dual Language and English Learners
Bipartisan Policy Center (August 6, 2020)
This free webinar covers actions the state and federal government can take to bridge gaps in learning for dual language learners.
Link to WebinarMixed-Status Families Ineligible for CARES Act Federal Pandemic Stimulus Checks
Migration Policy Institute (May 2020)
MPI’s infographic shows that 15.4 million people were excluded from COVID stimulus money due to restrictions against undocumented immigrants and their families.
Communication Toolkit: For Migrants, Refugees, and Other Limited-English-Proficient Populations
Center for Disease Control (June 5, 2020)
This communication toolkit provides resources in over 30 languages for organizations to help educate immigrant communities on COVID-19 prevention.
Family Separation Under the Trump Administration – A Timeline
Southern Poverty Law Center (June 17, 2020)
The Souther Poverty Law Center outlines the over three-year history of Trump’s policy on separating families at the U.S. – Mexico border.
Read MoreU.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules
Miriam Jordan, N.Y. Times (June 26, 2020)
Judge Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered the release of all children held in all of the three family detention centers in the country by July 17th. This order comes as children have tested positive for COVID-19 and applies to children held in detention for more than 20 days.
Read MoreNew Legislation Partially Addresses Immigrant Families Left Out of Previous COVID-19 Relief, Continues to Exclude Millions of Children
CLASP (June 16, 2020)
New legislation would allow spouses of ITIN filers with Social Security Numbers to receive stimulus payments; including millions of families in economic relief initially left out in the CARES Act. However, families whose parents do not have Social Security Numbers would remain ineligible.
Read MoreKids’ Suit Alleging Covid Relief Payments Discriminate Proceeds
Julie Steinberg, Bloomberg News (June 22, 2020)
Courts granted minors the right to sue the federal government for discrimination in COVID-19 CARES Act subsidy payments that were not allowed to go to citizen children of undocumented parents. The government must now face a proposed class action suit.
Read MoreImmigrant Teens Left Out When Trump Ended DACA are In Limbo After Supreme Court Ruling
Julia Preston, The Marshall Project (June 19, 2020)
While the Supreme Court dismissed Trump’s efforts to eliminate DACA, many young people still do not know what their future might hold. The Supreme Court’s decision has no implications for allowing new participants from applying for DACA protections.
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