The Trump administration’s treatment of more than 10,000 immigrant children held in custody at shelters across the nation is coming under intense scrutiny. Numerous lawsuits claim the government is using the system of child confinement as a way to punish and deport kids and their families.
Read MoreSome facilities holding unaccompanied migrant children are operating illegally without licenses and committing several other violations, according to a team of lawyers who oversee a court-ordered agreement dictating where — and how — the government can house the children.
Read MoreThe Trump administration is using a system that is meant to help migrant children to deport the kids and their families, according to several lawsuits filed around the country.
Read MoreThe proposed changes to the public charge rule are expected to result in immigrant families forgoing public benefits like housing assistance and food stamps, putting them at increased risk of involvement with child welfare.
The Trump administration most likely separated thousands more children from their parents at the Southern border than was previously believed, according to a new report by government inspectors.
Read MoreA draft plan obtained by NBC News also shows officials wanted to specifically target parents in migrant families for increased prosecutions.
Read MoreThe federal government said this week it had effectively closed a teeming tent city for migrant children on the Texas border, a facility that opponents of the Trump administration’s tough immigration policies had described as a juvenile prison.But plans are now underway in Florida to nearly double the capacity of a similar, unregulated detention center for migrant teenagers, federal officials confirmed this week.
Read MoreIn New York, the proposed public charge rule would harm an estimated 400,000 to 700,000 people, according to new study focusing on the social impact of the public-charge proposal. The impact would play out largely through the “chilling effect” of being discouraged or deterred from accessing benefits.
Read MoreThis toolkit, available in both English and Spanish, provides information for detained parents and their advocates on how to prevent their children from entering the child welfare system, how to navigate the child welfare system, and how to make arrangements for their children when their immigration case ends. This toolkit will be available in all detention facilities that hold adults for more than 72 hours.
This paper addresses ways in which immigrant communities have been impacted by the Trump administration’s proposed public charge rule. Different accounts are detailed in which families have made decisions to avoid the use of health care; even for children who are U.S. citizens. Anthropologists are encouraged to document these “chilling effects” and to stay alert to how public charge anxiety influences people’s engagement with local services.
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