Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children
NEW YORK, JUL 17 – The lawsuit challenges a recent Department of Homeland Security policy that risks deporting nearly 150,000 migrant children classified under Special Immigrant Juvenile Status amid visa backlogs.
- On Thursday, attorneys representing migrant children filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York to seek restoration of deportation protections, on behalf of nine young people and their legal advocates.
- This June, the Trump administration ended deportation protection for SIJS beneficiaries, threatening nearly 150,000 migrants' legal pathways as Congress created the status in 1990 with bipartisan support.
- Named as defendants are the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, risking blocking SIJS beneficiaries from essential benefits.
- Rachel Davidson, a plaintiff attorney with the National Immigration Project, warned that these youths face retraumatization from detention and deportation threats despite past abuse, noting the Trump administration's immigration overhaul.
- Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security announced a policy to clear the way for deportation of SIJS beneficiaries, referencing the Biden administration’s 2022 decision to shield children while awaiting visas.
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Trump Sued by Immigrant Youth Over Deportation Risk
Immigrant youths who have suffered abuse, neglect, or abandonment sued the Trump Administration on Thursday for ending a policy that protected them from deportation and enabled them to work legally in the U.S. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last month that it would no longer grant young immigrants with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) a classification that offered those protections, after quietly ceasing to d…
Lawyers representing migrant children who were abused, neglected or abandoned by their parents asked a federal court on Thursday to reinstate their protections against deportation after the Trump administration put an end to them. The lawsuit, filed in the East District of New York, was filed on behalf of nine young people and their legal advocates who want a judge to maintain protections for nearly 150,000 beneficiaries.
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