This research report provides findings that relate to the future of young children from immigrant families in relation to today’s socio-economic and sociopolitical climate. It also includes recommendations for action at the public policy, family, school, and neighborhood levels.
This fact sheet highlights many concerns that have been raised by practitioners surrounding how the new public charge regulations will affect their clients.
After Monday’s Supreme Court decision, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez voiced her concerns on the ruling that will allow the Trump administration to move forward with a policy change that will make it harder for immigrants to gain legal status if they are dependent on public assistance.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce a rule that makes it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards or visas if they are dependent on public assistance.
Read MoreThe National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is now accepting applications for their Research Scholars Program. The Center will award up to two stipends of $7,500 for a 12-month period to scholars interested in pursuing research in one of the Center’s four research priority areas.
Link to ApplyLast month, the House and Senate passed several funding bills that will provide critical funds for the care of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children. This funding also attempts to help improve the conditions in some of the countries where many of these children have fled.
Read MoreAfter state police threatened to separate parents from their children, Mexican authorities took action by removing almost 100 Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States from a camp in downtown Ciudad Juarez which is across the border from El Paso, TX.
Read MoreThe Trump administration announced that it will expand a controversial agreement with Guatemala that will send Mexican asylum-seekers to Central America despite opposition by the Mexican government.
Read MoreA new lawsuit will attempt to solve the problem of “aging out” for immigrant children who are ineligible to immigrate with their families.
Read MoreAs the treatment of migrant children is publicly debated, the fate of a six-year-old girl and her father is currently being decided.
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