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Immigration

Statement from the Children’s Defense Fund: Reckless and immoral Public Charge rule will harm millions of children

August 12, 2019 | National

Immigration

Worksite Raids Devastate Families and Communities

U.S. immigration officials Wednesday conducted a series of worksite raids near Jackson, Miss., detaining 680 people and separating an unknown number of children from their parents.

August 9, 2019 | National

Immigration

Immigrant Children Deserve Homes, Not Detention

Amnesty International USA this week released a harrowing report on the conditions at the Homestead facility, which houses children who have traveled alone to the U.S. in search of safety.

July 19, 2019 | National

Immigration

Public Comment Opposing Changes to Fee Waiver Eligibility Criteria

The Children’s Defense Fund – New York's (CDF – NY) public comments in opposition to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed changes to fee waiver eligibility criteria, OMB Control Number 1615-0116, published in the Federal Register on June 5, 2019.

Immigration

Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status

On the behalf of The Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF – NY), we write to offer comments in opposition to the Proposed Rule for Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Statues published in the Federal Register Volume 84, Number 91, on May 10, 2019.

Immigration

“We have to look. If we stop looking, they will win.” An interview with Dr. Cheasty Anderson of Children’s Defense Fund-Texas

Dr. Cheasty Anderson is Senior Policy Associate with Children’s Defense Fund-Texas. Over the past several months, she has been helping lead CDF-TX’s efforts to organize and take action on behalf of migrant children and families.

July 17, 2019 | National

Immigration

Impending Raids Are an Assault on Our Immigrant Families

We hate that we need to say this again, but we’ll say it again: We are horrified by and condemn the Trump administration’s imminent plans to conduct mass deportation roundups of immigrant families, which will do real and lasting harm to countless children.

July 12, 2019 | National

Housing

Comments on HUD's Proposed Verification of Eligible Status Rule (RIN 2501-AD89)

Children's Defense Fund submitted comments to voice our strong opposition to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) proposed rule regarding "verification of eligible status" because it threatens the health, development and well-being of children.

Immigration

New Levels of Shame

June 28, 2019 | National

Immigration

Supreme Court blocks Trump administration’s Census citizenship question

This morning, the Supreme Court blocked, at least temporarily, the Trump administration’s effort to include a question about respondents’ citizenship status and thereby undermine the 2020 Census.

June 27, 2019 | National