My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
J.A.M. v. USA "The Court holds that Oscar is entitled to a much lower, but still notable award of $175,000 because he was somewhat older at the time of the incident, was detained for about half...
Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy...
DOJ, July 18, 2024 "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are...
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of...
Michelle Mendez, CLINIC, Sept. 13, 2021 - "The Family Reunification Task Force, established in February 2021 pursuant to Executive Order 14011 seeks to bring families separated pursuant to the Trump administration’s family separation policy back together and provide all formerly separated families with support. The Task Force, led by Michelle Brané, has identified 1,841 children who have not been reunified with their parents to date. Today, the Task Force rolled out https://www.together.gov/ (https://www.together.gov/es for the Spanish language site and https://www.together.gov/pt for the Portuguese language site), a website that allows families who were removed from the United States and may still be separated to come forward, be verified, and apply for humanitarian parole so they may re-enter the United States.
CLINIC’s Defending Vulnerable Populations Program’s Formerly Separated Families Project has advised the Task Force since its inception, advised the government on the development of this program and website, and has successfully reunited six families to date (12 others are in progress). IOM will carry out assistance to unrepresented families who wish to return, the parole period will last 3 years, and families will be granted employment authorization without payment of a fee and on an expedited basis. If you are in contact with a family that was separated at the border pursuant to the Zero Tolerance policy, we encourage you to visit together.gov to learn more about the process.
CLINIC’s Formerly Separated Families Project"