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UrduTitle 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three years, has expired. Those migrants will have the opportunity to apply for asylum. President Biden’s new rules to replace Title 42 are facing legal challenges. Border crossings have already risen sharply, as many migrants attempt to cross before the measure expires on Thursday night. Some have said they worry about tighter controls and uncertainty ahead. Immigration is once again a major focus of the media as we examine the humanitarian, political, and public health issues migrants must go through.
Tag: Immigrant Children
UCLA Research Finds U.S. Lags 79 Other Nations in Preventing Immigration Detention of Children
Unlike nearly three-quarters of high-income countries, however, the U.S. has no laws specifically limiting the detention of accompanied migrant and asylum-seeking children, according to a new study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD).
GW Experts Available to Discuss the Supreme Court Ruling on DACA
The George Washington University has faculty available to provide opinions, expertise, and commentary on a variety of topics related to today’s SCOTUS ruling that the Trump administration may not proceed with its plan to end a program protecting young immigrants…
UCLA expert available to comment on impact of SCOTUS decision regarding “public charge” rule
Ninez A. Ponce, Ph.D., director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, will be available for comment on the potential impact in California of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week on the Trump Administration’s “public charge” policy regarding…
Journal Articles Explore Fatal Consequences of Immigrant Detention Policies, Conditions
An analysis and related commentary published in Clinical Infectious Diseases today provide in-depth examination of the deplorable and dangerous conditions in U.S. immigrant detention centers where seven children have died in the last 10 months. Together, the articles underscore an urgent imperative repeatedly cited by ours, and other societies of medical professionals, to investigate and remedy violations of human rights and the most basic standards of public health, infection control and medical practice that have been demonstrated in these facilities.
Read to kids in Spanish. It’ll help their English.
Immigrant parents worry their children will struggle learning English and fret that as non-English speakers, they can’t help. A new study in the journal Child Development shows that’s simply not true. Reading to a young child in any language will help them learn to read in English.
Rutgers Expert Camilla Townsend Available to Discuss Immigration Issues at U.S.-Mexico Border
New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 26, 2019) – Rutgers scholar Camilla Townsend is available to discuss shifting perspectives of the U.S.-Mexico border. “How we think about the border has transformed over time. In the first half of the 20th century, the…