As Congress considers passage of a pathway for immigrant youth; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients; people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS); and essential workers, it is important to consider the impact on their children and families. This new brief, compiled by CTAN partners, outlines how a pathway to citizenship would support the healthy development and long-term success of children and youth in immigrant families.
Over the past ten years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has changed the lives of nearly 800,000 recipients and their families by removing the threat of family separation and improving their economic Read more…
A recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed that as of May 31 of this year, CBP expelled 30,806 children ages 3 and under to Mexican border cities where they suffer in dangerous conditions. Read more…
The landmark 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe established that states cannot block access to public education to any child residing within its borders, regardless of the child’s or their parent’s immigration status. The Read more…