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Nov 13
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Submit Your Own Comment to Stop Trump’s Proposal

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Submit Your Own Comment to Stop Trump’s Proposal

Protecting Immigrant Families

Before Trump’s “public charge” rule can be finalized, the administration is required by law to review and respond to every unique comment they receive about the proposed regulation. Take a few minutes now to post a public comment about why you oppose the proposed changes which threaten the health and well-being of countless families, communities, and children. Ensure that your comment is read and considered by making it unique and modifying the template provided.

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Nov 12
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Trump Asylum Ban Will Extend To Thousands Of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

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Trump Asylum Ban Will Extend To Thousands Of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

Elise Foley, Huffington Post (November 12, 2018)

A controversial Trump administration policy suspending asylum for immigrants who cross the border illegally will also apply to kids and teenagers traveling to the United States without their parents, contradicting last week’s comment by a high-level Trump official that it “does not apply” to unaccompanied minors.

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Nov 09
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President Trump Signs Presidential Proclamation to Bar Certain Refugees from Seeking Asylum in U.S.

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President Trump Signs Presidential Proclamation to Bar Certain Refugees from Seeking Asylum in U.S.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (November 9, 2018)

President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation taking steps to make it more difficult for certain asylum seekers to seek protection in the United States. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) strongly encourages the U.S. government to uphold its legal and moral obligations to allow families fleeing violence the opportunity to claim asylum in the United States.

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Nov 07
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Requirement for Immigration Sponsors Keeps Children Detained for Weeks or Months, NYCLU Class Action Claims

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Requirement for Immigration Sponsors Keeps Children Detained for Weeks or Months, NYCLU Class Action Claims

Jason Grant, New York Law Journal (November 7, 2018)

The New York Civil Liberties Union claims that a Trump administration policy on fingerprint-based background checks for immigrant household members has led to the highest level in history of migrant children being locked up in government custody.

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Nov 05
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Could “Public Charge” Reduce Public Preschool Participation Among Immigrant Families?

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Could “Public Charge” Reduce Public Preschool Participation Among Immigrant Families?

Erica Greenberg and Archana Pyati, Urban Institute (November 5, 2018)

The potential impacts of expanding the regulation known as “public charge” have yet to be fully understood, but experts anticipate that young children in immigrant families—more than 90 percent of them US citizens—could be disproportionately affected.

Nov 05
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Lawyers File Motion To Stop Trump’s Attack On Immigrant Children

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Lawyers File Motion To Stop Trump’s Attack On Immigrant Children

Angelina Chapin, Huffington Post (November 5, 2018)

On Friday, lawyers filed a motion to stop the government from implementing regulations that they say would endanger immigrant children. But the Trump administration could still enact the new rules as early as Wednesday, which lawyers claim would violate a decades-old agreement known as the Flores Settlement that protects children’s rights.

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Nov 05
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SPLC Urges Trump Administration to Preserve Measures That Protect Immigrant Children from Detention

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SPLC Urges Trump Administration to Preserve Measures That Protect Immigrant Children from Detention

Southern Poverty Law Center (November 5, 2018)

The Trump administration is seeking to undo the 1997 Flores settlement with changes that would again allow immigrant children to be locked up indefinitely. In the midst of its zero-tolerance policy and implementation of separation of parents and children at the border, the administration has announced a plan to issue regulations that would remove the important settlement protections.

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