CLASP executive director discusses the shortcomings of the budget resolution passed by Congress, especially its implications for Dreamers.
Read the StatementIt’s nearly impossible for undocumented minors in Florida who have been “abused, abandoned, or neglected” to apply for the green cards that they are legally entitled to.
Read the StoryThe number of legal immigrants from Latin American nations who access public health services and enroll in federally subsidized insurance plans has substantially decreased since President Trump took office due to fear of deportation of relatives.
Read the Story“Chain migration” and “family-based immigration”–two ways to decribe the growing immigrant populations due to laws that allow citizens and lawful permanent residents to bring relatives into the country.
Read the StoryNora Sandigo, an immigration activist, has accepted responsibility for 1,250 children via power-of-attorney, acting as an essential component of emergency planning for undocumented people who are facing a greater chance of detention and deportation under President Trump.
Read the StoryA Canadian case demonstrates how government agencies with interlocking missions fail to work together, particularly the immigration and child welfare systems, providing an interesting international comparison.
Read the OpinionFederal Judge William Alsup temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects certain immigrants from deportation.
Read the StoryAnalysts say that Trump’s immigration crackdown is creating a public health crisis among children leading to increases in child patients with sleep and eating disorders, anxiety, depression and stress that they said have been induced by Trump’s policies and words. These problems could lead to increased adult cases of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, severe depression and anxiety.
Read the StoryAn official plan to separate children from their parents is being considered by the Trump administration in order to stop a surge of Central American families and unaccompanied minors coming across the Mexican border.
Read the StoryThe Trump administration is considering a plan to separate parents from their children when families are caught entering the country illegally, according to officials who have been briefed on the plans in order to discourage border crossings.
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