Immigration
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Immigration
We Condemn the Trump Administration's Public Charge Rule
The Trump administration today announced its finalized public charge rule, a regulation that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to impose harsh new evaluations on applicants for Legal Permanent Residency.
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Immigration
Statement from the Children’s Defense Fund: Reckless and immoral Public Charge rule will harm millions of children
The Children’s Defense Fund condemns in the strongest possible terms the finalized Department of Homeland Security Public Charge rule announced today.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.