This report describes the nationwide comprehensive emergency case-management program that LIRS funded and implemented in summer-fall 2018. The Family Reunification Support Program was designed specifically to support formerly separated families who were released by ICE following their reunification.
The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency documents released Tuesday by Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch.
Read MoreMigrant advocacy groups at the Arizona border are seeing more immigrants being deported after spending many years living in the United States and a new survey by several faith-based groups details the hardships separated families face after a relative is deported.
This document is a running summary of demographic and economic research estimating the impact of the Trump administration’s proposed public charge rule. The document includes information on each research product’s key findings and data sources and suggests best uses for each product while describing the limitations of each research product.
A noncitizen can pursue lawful permanent residence through a family member in two different ways—one, through consular processing at a U.S. consulate abroad,1 or two, through adjustment of status at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) office or Immigration Court in the United States. This advisory focuses on family-based adjustment of status through INA § 245(a) and INA § 245(i).
When migrant children cross the border without their parents, they’re sent to federal shelters until caseworkers can find them a good home. But everything changes when they turn 18. That’s when, in many cases, they’re handcuffed and locked up in an adult detention facility. The practice is sparking lawsuits and outrage from immigrant advocates.
Read MoreThe CICM hosts an annual two and a half day Predoctoral Summer Institute for 12 underrepresented minority (URM) professionals who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in social work, public health, or public policy areas nationwide.
Apply HereThe Trump Administration’s family separation policy officially ended in June of 2018, but family separations continued at high rates well after that, according a report from a leading legal nonprofit.
Read MoreThis is a publication in comic book form for unaccompanied children to help them understand asylum and the process of seeking asylum in the United States. It is also to be used as a resource for those who work with unaccompanied children.
When the United States recently sent a handful of families seeking asylum back to Mexico, it marked a new chapter in America’s changing asylum policy. For the first time, parents with children will have to wait in border cities like this while their claims are processed.
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