Practice Alert: Temporary Changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Response to COVID-19
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August 18, 2020)
The ILRC provides updates on the changes that USCIS has made due to COVID-19.
ICE Isn’t Freeing Migrant Kids Despite Order, Flores Attys Say
Lauren Berg, Law 360 (August 17, 2020)
Attorneys representing children in ICE detention centers petitioned Judge Gee to enforce ICE to release children. Advocates claim that ICE has not explained rights to parents about releasing their children to a relative’s custody outside of detention. Gee admonished ICE as she granted them another month to abide by her order for the immediate release of children in detention centers under Flores Settlement guidelines.
Read MoreA Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels
Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times (August 16, 2020)
Trump’s COVID-era policy to immediately expel families and children crossing the border have led to immigration agencies contracting transportation companies such as MVM to detain people at hotels while they wait their expulsion. This policy and practice raises concerns over proper legal protection for children in custody.
Read MoreThe Invisible Wall: Policies that Threaten Immigrant Families
Protecting Immigrant Families (August 14, 2020)
This resource reviews the litany of polices Trump’s administration has executed to decrease immigration to the United States. It details if the policy has been proposed, is in litigation, and its potential finality.
Public Charge Update: What Advocates Need to Know Now
Protecting Immigrant Families (March 4, 2022)
This resource reviews all updates to public charge rule in recent months.
A Year After Mississippi ICE Raids, Chicken Plants Face Few Penalties as Families Suffer
(August 7, 2020)
In August 2019, ICE raided a chicken plant and arrested over 680 employees. At the time, U.S. attorney, Mike Hurst, made clear that employers would not escape charges for illegal hiring practices of immigrants without proper authorization. However, more than a year later, charges have only been linked to two managers while hundreds of family members face grave consequences such as deportation.
Read MoreCourt sides with Trump administration effort to impose ‘public charge’ rule
Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post (August 6, 2020)
The most recent ruling from a federal appeals court decided Trump’s ‘public charge’ policy was legal. This reverses the previous ruling from a lower-court that established an injunction against Trump’s order. Another appeals court, however, did not approve of the policy. Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule will remain blocked throughout the duration of the national health emergency in place due to the pandemic as it currently stands.
Read MoreSeeking Refuge in US, Children Fleeing Danger Are Expelled
Nomaan Merchant, US NEWS (August 6, 2020)
Since Trump’s executive order in March, over 2,000 vulnerable children have been deported. A 12-year old Honduran boy and his younger sister fled to the United States to escape those that threatened to kill him after they murdered his uncle. He believed he was being transported to another shelter, but, in reality, was brought back to the border and sent to Honduras. No agent viewed the threatening video of a man declaring to take the young boy’s life.
Read MoreDismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency
Sarah Pierce and Jessica Bolter, Migration Policy Institute (July, 2020)
Since Trump’s inauguration, over 400 policies and executive orders have been implemented targeting all levels of immigration to and within the United States. This report covers all notable changes and their long lasting effects on the immigration system.
Working with Immigrant Children and Families Involved in the State Child Welfare System: Case Study from Initiation to Resolution of a Dependency Proceeding
American Bar Association (September 30, 2020)
This free webinar will provide an overview for attorneys of the needs of immigrant children and families in the child welfare system.
Link to Webinar