A new report indicates improvements to hygiene, food and medical care in US Border Patrol holding facilities, but found that Border Patrol agents routinely separate children from adult relatives during their time in custody.
A 2022 settlement that created requirements to protect the health of minors held in CBP holding facilities is set to end nine days after the Trump administration takes office.
Over 4 million U.S. citizen children live with an undocumented parent, placing them at potential risk of family separation given the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations.
This Statement for the Record details many of the harmful potential consequences of the Trump administration’s proposed mass deportations, including harm to families and the economy.
Tom Homan, the incoming Trump administration’s “border czar,” has indicated that family detention practices will return and that undocumented parents of US-born children will be deported with or without their children.
This article analyses claims from the incoming Trump administration that there are 300,000 missing migrant children.
Despite an eight-year ban that prohibits the US government from separating families at the border for purposes immigration deterance, resulting from a settlement in relation to the first Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy, advocates anticipate potential challenges by the incoming Trump administration.
This event will launch the Dataset of World Refugee and Asylum Policies (DWRAP), which is the first global dataset of asylum and refugee policies, and will discuss the tool’s features and uses for exploring policy questions.
This fact sheet provides 5 top tips for child welfare practitioners and agencies working with immigrant children and families to prepare for anticipated policy changes during the second Trump administration.
The study explores the unique service access barriers and facilitators experienced by immigrant families along the rural U.S.–Mexico border from the perspectives of agency and government representatives.
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