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Immigration

Policy Overview RE Bills Blocking Access to Education for Immigrant Children

The 89 Texas legislative session will begin January 14, 2025, and the filing period for bills started in November, which means that some of the proposed legislation that will be considered and voted on by our state legislature has already been introduced.

Immigration

TODAY: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Key Immigration Case that will Impact Hundreds of Thousands of Children

AUSTIN, TX—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases that will largely determine the futures of hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Texas.

October 10, 2024 | Texas

Immigration

CDF-Texas Asylum Explainer Fact Sheet

Effective October 1, the Biden administration has taken action to indefinitely extend current restrictions on the ability to apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, which have come to be known as the “asylum ban.”

Immigration

New Report Reveals the Scale of State Violence Inflicted on Migrant Children and Families under Operation Lone Star

CDF-TX is deeply concerned about the severe and life-threatening mistreatment of migrant children and their families by law enforcement agencies carrying out Operation Lone Star in our state, and about the fact that many of these migrants—who fear persecution, torture, or death in their home countries—are being denied the legal right under U.S. and international law to apply for asylum.

September 24, 2024 | Texas

Virtual

American Youth Policy Forum, Powered by CDF

Join us on Nov 8 for the AYPF Forum, powered by CDF, exploring post-election youth policy impact and amplifying young voices.

November 8, 2024

National | Hybrid

Immigration

CDF-Texas Condemns Violent Language from Governor Abbott Regarding People Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border

Austin, TX — Children’s Defense Fund-Texas strongly condemns violent language used by Texas Governor Greg Abbott regarding the state’s actions as it pertains to receiving individuals and families who cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

January 12, 2024 | Texas

Immigration

Early Steps Forward

Fifty years after Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) was founded, some of CDF’s marks of impact go all the way back to the beginning.

October 27, 2023

Child Health

Testimony to the House State Affairs Committee Opposing HB 4

CDF-TX strongly opposes HB 4, which would subject migrants and Texans across the entirety of the state to the threat of immediate detention and forced removal by authorizing Texas peace officers.

October 27, 2023 | Texas

Child Health

The Fight for Our Rights Continues

The 88th legislative session may have ended in May, but the need for young people to join the fight for our rights is ongoing.

June 30, 2023 | Texas

Immigration

We Need More Culturally Significant After-School Clubs

As an immigrant, does America welcome us? Do immigrants feel accepted and welcome in this mixed environment?

June 28, 2023 | Ohio