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Jun 27
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Early Bird Conference Registration: “Beyond Separation: Protecting Cross Border Families”

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Early Bird Conference Registration: “Beyond Separation: Protecting Cross Border Families”

International Social Service (Early Bird Registration open until August 31, 2019)

This two-day event will take place on October 17th and 18th, 2019 at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. This conference will allow legal, judicial, social service, and advocacy professionals to share and implement best practices to protect the long term safety of cross border children and families.

Link to Early Bird Registration
Jun 21
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Migrant Children Describe Neglect, Mistreatment At Texas Border Facility

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Migrant Children Describe Neglect, Mistreatment At Texas Border Facility

Cedar Attanasio, Garance Burke, & Martha Mendoza, Huffpost (June 21, 2019)

The bleak portrait emerged Thursday after a legal team interviewed 60 children at the facility near El Paso that has become the latest place where attorneys say young migrants are describing neglect and mistreatment at the hands of the U.S. government.

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Jun 21
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ICE Is Expected to Begin Operation on Sunday Targeting 2,000 Immigrant Family Members

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ICE Is Expected to Begin Operation on Sunday Targeting 2,000 Immigrant Family Members

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times (June 21, 2019)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to send agents into communities on Sunday morning to begin a coordinated operation deporting undocumented immigrant family members across the country, according to two Department of Homeland Security officials.

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Jun 21
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Practice Update: Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Denied Humanitarian-Based Immigration Cases

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Practice Update: Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Denied Humanitarian-Based Immigration Cases

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 21, 2019)

Over the last month, some practitioners have reported that USCIS has issued a number of NTAs in connection with denied U and T visa applications. Given these reports, ILRC, ASISTA, CAST, Freedom Network USA, American Association of Immigration Lawyers (AILA), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles created a practice update to address some of the actions practitioners can take in individual cases as well as to support policy-level advocacy efforts.

Jun 19
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$4.6 Billion in Aid Advances to Help Cope With Migrant Surge at Border

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$4.6 Billion in Aid Advances to Help Cope With Migrant Surge at Border

Emily Cochrane, The New York Times (June 19, 2019)

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill on Wednesday to send $4.6 billion in additional aid to the southwestern border, as federal agencies there warn that they will run out of money to house and cope with the flow of Central American immigrants.

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Jun 14
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Helping Immigrant Clients with Post-Conviction Legal Options: A Guide for Legal Services Providers

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Helping Immigrant Clients with Post-Conviction Legal Options: A Guide for Legal Services Providers

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 14, 2019)

This guide, created by the ILRC and Californians for Safety and Justice, is an effort to turn these “rare cases” into the rule, rather than the exception, by helping to build the capacity of legal service providers and pro bono attorneys to provide post-conviction relief to immigrants who would face certain deportation without it.

Jun 13
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Teen Mom and Prematurely Born Baby Neglected at Border Patrol Facility for 7 Days

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Teen Mom and Prematurely Born Baby Neglected at Border Patrol Facility for 7 Days

Angelina Chapin, Huffpost (June 13, 2019)

A prematurely born infant and her 17-year-old mother spent seven days being almost entirely neglected in Border Patrol custody, according to lawyers who visited an immigrant processing station in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Jun 11
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Public Charge as a Ground of Deportability

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Public Charge as a Ground of Deportability

Aruna Sury, Sally Kinoshita, & Erin Quinn, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 11, 2019)

The Trump administration is considering publishing a U.S. Department of Justice draft regulation interpreting the provision of deporting legal permanent residents who’ve used public benefits. This practice advisory provides an overview of current law.

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