Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (U.S.)

News:

The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that would effectively supersede the Flores settlement, which limited the length of time that minors could be held in detention. (Comments are due by 6 November 2018). More information is available in this LA Times article, Immigration Impact blog post, and Vox explainer.

Publications:

'César's Choice': The Conditions and Decisions Facing Reunited Immigrant Families (Tempest Tossed, 21 Aug. 2018) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

"Childhood Trauma and the Enduring Consequences of Forcibly Separating Children from Parents at the United States Border," BMC Medicine, 16:146 (22 Aug. 2018) [open access]

Detaining Families: A Study of Asylum Adjudication in Family Detention (American Immigration Council, 16 Aug. 2018) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

*Detention and Deportation System for Unaccompanied Minors, Webinar, 28 Aug. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for recording.

Divided (The Daily, Aug. & Sept. 2018)
- Three-part podcast series: Part 1: How Family Separations Started (21 Aug. 2018); Part 2: The Chaos of Reunification (24 Aug. 2018).

Exclusive: New Lawsuit Claims Trump Illegally Denied Asylum Claims of Separated Parents (Vox, updated 20 Aug. 2018) [text]

IACHR Grants Precautionary Measure to Protect Separated Migrant Children in the United States (IACHR, 20 Aug. 2018) [text]

A National Shame: The Trump Administration’s Separation and Detention of Migrant Families (WOLA, 28 Aug. 2018) [text]

"Nearly 500 Migrant Children Remain Separated from Their Parents. Here’s What We Know," PBS, 31 Aug. 2018 [text]

*"Unaccompanied Children at the United States Border, a Human Rights Crisis That Can be Addressed with Policy Change," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 20, no. 4 (Aug. 2018) [ResearchGate] [postprint]

"U.S. Judge Approves Plan to Reunite Separated Immigrant Families," Reuters, 17 Aug. 2018 [text]

"Who Tracks Migrant Children Who Enter the U.S. Alone? Don’t Ask Us, 4 Agencies Say," New York Times, 16 Aug. 2018 [text]
- The four entities are the Health and Human Services Department, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the federal immigration courts. See also related Washington Post article.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (U.S.) (13 Aug. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Detention (30 July 2018) [includes U.S. developments re. family detention]

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