In a joint letter to officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the groups urged the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to maintain the supportive services that every child needs to thrive—and that are specified by the Flores settlement and state licensure requirements.
The Trump administration is again changing the way it vets people who want to sponsor minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone in an effort to speed up the release of thousands of migrant children currently in U.S. custody.
Read MoreA complex in Texas will hold 1,600 immigrant children who arrive in the United States without their families and will be designated as an emergency shelter which will not be subject to the state’s child welfare licensing requirements.
Read MoreThe Trump administration said Wednesday that it would begin restricting or canceling education, legal aid and playground recreation for migrant children housed in government shelters as a result of financial constraints created by the “crisis at the border.”
Read MoreThe Democrat-led House passed legislation on Tuesday to grant a path to citizenship to about 2.5 million immigrants whose legal protections President Trump has moved to end, advancing a measure that highlights the bitter partisan differences over immigration.
Read MoreThe Trump administration will step up efforts to deport families of undocumented migrants in the United States, the new leader of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said on Tuesday, in an aggressive step to discourage illegal immigration at the southwestern border.
Read MoreThe passage of the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 by the U.S. House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote is an important win for 2 million+ people with long-term roots in the United States who are key supports to their families and communities.
This webinar will explore all aspects of the CSPA as it affects principal and derivative beneficiaries, asylee and refugee derivatives, and VAWA self-petitioners and derivatives.
Link to WebinarThis webinar will explore common ethical challenges that arise in the course of representing children using the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct as a guide. Topics will include competency and capacity, joint representation, conflicts of interest related to social workers and parents and others.
Link to WebinarJoin MPI and AEI for a conversation on border security, as well as policy responses and regional cooperation on illegal immigration.
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