A new policy could have huge effects on who gets to walk the path to US citizenship—and who doesn’t. Just the possibility of the “public charge rule” is changing the daily lives of immigrant communities.
A public charge rule would make it easier for officials to deny permanent residency or temporary visas to immigrants they deem likely to become a public charge. Even though a court injunction was issued on the rule earlier this month, its future remains unclear, and it continues to pose challenges.
In the first two Democratic presidential debates, candidate Julián Castro drew attention to US Code Title 8, Section 1325, a federal law that makes “illegal entry” into the United States a criminal offense. What are the effects of prosecuting Section 1325 violations, and what happens if it’s repealed?
This toolkit provides ideas for state refugee coordinators to better gather and use data to understand how refugee programs are functioning and how clients are faring. It offers lessons on how to leverage data, design and build integrated databases, and deploy other innovative methods to improve programs.
This summer, several hundred asylum seekers arrived in Portland, Maine, igniting a debate on how to support them. Scenarios like this one—which require spending without a clear responsible party but offer potentially large community benefits—may be ideal fits for an innovative funding approach modeled off pay for success.
