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Child Welfare

Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter: 9/23/19

Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, and our bi-weekly action opportunity.

September 23, 2019 | Texas

Child Health

Protecting Immigrants: Census Health Insurance Rates Data

September 13, 2019 | Texas

Child Welfare

Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter: 9/6/19

September 11, 2019 | Texas

Child Health

Protecting Immigrants: We Cannot Look Away

September 6, 2019 | Texas

Child Health

Without deferred action, sick immigrant children are at greater risk

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently eliminated non-military “deferred action,” forcing sick children and their families to choose between life-saving medical treatment or the risk of deportation.

September 5, 2019 | National

Immigration

We Oppose the Trump Administration's Dangerous Flores Rule

The Children’s Defense Fund opposes the Trump administration’s dangerous Flores rule and is proud to support litigation efforts to fight its cruelty.

September 4, 2019 | National

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