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The Trump Administration’s “Public Charge” Attack on Immigrant Families

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The Trump Administration’s “Public Charge” Attack on Immigrant Families

National Immigration Law Center (Feb 8, 2018)

The Trump Administration is opening  a new front in its assault on family-based immigration by making it harder for immigrants who might use essential public services to come to the United States and settle there permanently. The Department of Homeland Security has informed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that it plans to propose regulations that discard longstanding policy about the meaning and application of the “public charge” provisions of immigration law.

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Feb 28
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CLEAN SLATE FOR IMMIGRANTS: Reducing Felonies to Misdemeanors: Penal Code § 18.5, Prop 47, Penal Code § 17(b)(3), and Prop 64

By | Law/Policy Highlight

CLEAN SLATE FOR IMMIGRANTS: Reducing Felonies to Misdemeanors: Penal Code § 18.5, Prop 47, Penal Code § 17(b)(3), and Prop 64

Rose Cahn, ILRC (Feb 1, 2018)

This resource discusses the three primary mechanisms to reduce a felony to a misdemeanor: Penal Code § 17(b), Prop 47, and Prop 64. This information is especially important for immigrants as reducing felony convictions to misdemeanor convictions can be a powerful way to eliminate certain grounds of deportability, or open up eligibility for immigration status or immigration benefits.

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Feb 28
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Fear of Massive Deportations in the United States: Social Implications on Deprived Pediatric Communities

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Fear of Massive Deportations in the United States: Social Implications on Deprived Pediatric Communities

Marie Leiner,  Izul De la Vega, and Bert Johansson, Frontiers in Pediatrics (Aug 21, 2017)

A discussion of how childhood experiences related to deportations have a profound effect  on children’s current lives and on their future opportunities.

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Feb 28
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State Immigration Enforcement Policies: How they Impact Low-Income Households

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State Immigration Enforcement Policies: How they Impact Low-Income Households

Heather Koball, Julia Gelatt, Hamutal Bernstein, Charmaine Runes, and Eleanor Pratt, National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) (May 2017)

Researchers at NCCP, Urban Institute, and Migration Policy Institute looked at how the changing immigration policy environment is likely to affect immigrant families. Specifically, the report examines whether immigrant families living in states that ramped up enforcement of federal policy saw any changes in their material hardship, or how often fear of deportation affected their ability to pay for essentials (such as rent, utilities, or food).

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Feb 28
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Trauma and Psychological Distress in Latino Citizen Children Following Parental Detention and Deportation

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Trauma and Psychological Distress in Latino Citizen Children Following Parental Detention and Deportation

Lisseth Rojas-Flores, Mari L. Clements, and J. Hwang Koo, Fuller Theological Seminary (2017)

This study explores the mental health impact of parental detention and deportation on U.S. citizen children as potentially traumatic events that may cause post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological distress.

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Feb 28
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Under Trump, Border Patrol Steps up Searches far From the Border

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Under Trump, Border Patrol Steps up Searches far From the Border

Ron Nixon, The New York Times (Feb 21, 2018)

Border Patrol officers are working without permission on private property and setting up checkpoints up to 100 miles away from the border under a little-known federal law that is being used more widely in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Feb 28
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U.S. is separating immigrant parents and children to discourage others, activists say

By | In the News

U.S. is separating immigrant parents and children to discourage others, activists say

Molly Hennesy-Fiske, The Los Angeles Times (Feb 20, 2018)

According to public defenders and immigrant advocates, more and more immigrant families who come to the southern border seeking asylum are being charged in federal criminal courts from El Paso to Arizona. Comprehensive statistics do not exist, but activists and attorneys say anecdotal evidence suggests the practice is spreading.

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