…(DHS) Advisory Committee on Family Residential Centers, created by DHS itself, has now added its voice to the chorus calling for an end to family detention. On June 24, 2015,…
Read More…Family is defined so broadly that eligibility includes not just immediate family members, for whom the benefits of unification are well documented, but the extended clan—aunts, uncles, cousins, adult children….
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The U.S. immigration system has always promoted family unity by awarding the majority of visas to the families of current U.S. residents, which ensures that close family members are not…
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…is a significant step in the right direction and an important victory for those who have been advocating aggressively for the end of family detention. But, unfortunately, it is far…
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…in pursuing their asylum claims. “Detaining Families: A Study of Asylum Adjudication in Family Detention” is the first empirical study of family detention and the U.S. immigration court process. The…
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Migration based on family ties has long been the foundation of the U.S. immigration system. Yet lawmakers are proposing drastic cuts to family-based immigration in favor of immigrants who come…
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…for the Trump administration’s family separation policy. All but one of the officials admitted under questioning that they had not raised any objection to family separation during the planning process…
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…and Dorr LLP, attempt to drill down on many questions related to family separation. These requests ask for records detailing agency methods for separating family members, tracking individual family members…
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…family detention center in Dilley, Texas. During that time, we witnessed firsthand the horrors of family detention and are almost beyond belief that the administration is considering bringing it back….
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…become available. But the spotty and limited implementation of the original 2007 Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) and 2014 Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) programs—which no new families had been…
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