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Health

Letter on USCIS's Elimination of Non-Military Deferred Action

The Children’s Defense Fund joined over 150 organizations to call for USCIS to reverse its elimination of non-military "deferred action" to ensure that vulnerable children and families are able to receive life-saving protection without fear of deportation.

Immigration

Amicus Brief on DHS Rule Abandoning Flores Agreement

Together with more than 20 organizations and pro bono counsel at Arent Fox LLP, CDF submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in a California federal court. The brief outlines how the administration's final rule abandons the Flores agreement and argues the regulation will have a devastating impact for immigrant children.

Child Health

Perpetuating cruelty, the Trump Administration won't provide flu vaccines to migrant children and families

Within the same week that the Trump Administration released two new final rules that perpetuate cruelty to immigrant children and families, news broke that the administration is not vaccinating migrant children or families they are detaining, and has no plans to do so ahead of the next flu season.

August 22, 2019 | National

Immigration

Families Don't Belong in Jail

A Trump administration overhaul of the standards that govern the treatment of migrant children in U.S custody is dangerous for children.

August 21, 2019 | National

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.

August 12, 2019 | National

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.

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.