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2023 Update on Key Federal Immigration Policies and Implications for Health

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

2023 Update on Key Federal Immigration Policies and Implications for Health

Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (January 30, 2023)

This brief summarizes recent updates to key immigration policies, including Title 42, the DACA program, and the public charge rule, and discusses the impacts of these policies on the health and well-being of immigrants.

Striving for Equity for Young Children of Immigrants with Disabilities

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Striving for Equity for Young Children of Immigrants with Disabilities

Dr. Cady Landa, Global Family Research Project (October 25, 2021)

This webpage discusses considerations and recommendations for working with children of immigrants with disabilities and provides a resource with links to additional research, frameworks, practices, and recommendations.

Biden toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 a month

By | In the News

Biden toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 a month

Colleen Long, Zeke Miller & Elliot Spagat, AP News (January 5, 2023)

The Biden has announced that it will deny entry to migrants from Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who cross the border from Mexico, and will require them to apply to enter the U.S. from their home countries. The U.S. will accept 30,000 people per month from these nations for two years.

The federal government is investigating the possible human trafficking of children who cleaned slaughterhouses

By | In the News

The federal government is investigating the possible human trafficking of children who cleaned slaughterhouses

Laura Strickler & Julia Ainsley, NBC News (January 19, 2023)

DHS is investigating the possible human trafficking of 50 children, including some under the age of 13, who were allegedly illegally employed cleaning multiple slaughterhouses in the Midwest.

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