A new Urban Institute brief offers evidence that immigrant families are avoiding routine activities during which they may be asked or bothered about their citizenship status. (Also: see the Spanish-language fact sheet.)
The 2020 Census faces unprecedented challenges and threats to its accuracy: underfunding, demographic changes, and undertested processes. Who’s at risk of being miscounted in your state?
A proposed US Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would bar families whose members have a mix of eligible and ineligible immigration statuses from public housing or housing choice vouchers. Evicting these families or placing their stability at risk through fear or administrative hurdles could leave them vulnerable to homelessness or poor housing conditions.
The administration has proposed an expansion of the public charge rule, which would make use of noncash public benefit programs a negative factor in the application process for green cards or temporary visas. Read about the national-level chilling effects already created by the proposed change.
