Trump Administration Plans to Pay for Costs of Imprisoning Migrant Children by Stealing From HIV/AIDS Program
Esther Wang, The Slot (July 10, 2018)
Internal documents obtained by Slate show that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is not only preparing for a potential surge in the number of child migrants forcibly separated from their parents—the agency plans to pay for the additional cost by siphoning money away from a critical HIV/AIDS treatment program.
Read MoreJudge Rejects Trump Administration’s Bid To Detain Migrant Children Indefinitely
Colin Dwyer, NPR (July 10, 2018)
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee rejected the request for “limited relief” from the Flores agreement, that served as the basis for a 2015 court order preventing the federal detention of migrant children for more than 20 days.
Read MoreWhat happens if the census misses 1 million young kids?
Tribune Content Agency (July 9, 2018)
Almost a quarter of the nation’s children younger than 5 are at risk of not being counted in the 2020 census, which could have serious implications for the well-being of children around the United States, according to a recent study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Read MoreDemanding Answers from ICE and CBP Regarding Their Aggressive Immigration Enforcement Tactics
American Immigration Council (July 9, 2018)
The American Immigration Council filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with ICE and CBP on October 13, 2017, seeking data on enforcement actions and outcomes since January 2016. With this data, the Council will be able to assess who is being targeted for removal and what the consequences are of the current enforcement framework.
Children as young as 1 forced to appear in U.S. immigration court without legal representation
Astric Galvan, Associated Press (July 8, 2018)
“Then it was the child’s turn for his court appearance before a Phoenix immigration judge, who could hardly contain his unease with the situation during the portion of the hearing where he asks immigrant defendants whether they understand the proceedings…”
Read MoreThe Harm of Family Detention: Why Modifying Flores and Detaining Families Together Cannot Be the Answer to Family Separation
Women’s Refugee Commission (June 2018)
As Congress weighs bills and the Administration considers policies that would result in the long-term detention of families, this backgrounder explains why modifying the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement – which sets national standards regarding the detention, release, and treatment of all children in immigration detention – and expanding family detention cannot be the answer to the Trump administration’s self-created family separation policies.
Immigrant Connection Project (ICON)
Vera Institute of Justice (June 29, 2018)
The Vera Institute is one of several organizations that has a family reunification tool. On June 29th, it launched the Immigrant Connection Project (ICON), a tool for parents who have been separated from their children as a result of the administration’s zero tolerance policy. They are unable to share any data from their database, but if they find a connection, they can connect a parent or their representative to an agency that has had contact with the child.
Why Reuniting Migrant Families Is So Difficult
David Greene, NPR: Morning Edition (June 29, 2018)
NPR’s David Greene talks with Linda Rivas, an immigration attorney in El Paso, Texas, about the difficulties of reuniting parents separated from their children.
Read MoreTrump’s Policy of Separating Families at the Border: U.S. Law, Court Rulings and Administration Policy
American Bar Association, Civil Rights and Social Justice (July 2018)
A free webinar from the Rapid Response program of the ABA Group: Civil Rights and Social Justice.
