Policies & Analysis
Learn more about the policies and actions taken by the Trump-Vance administration, and how they threaten communities, freedoms, and democracy.
The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to
Discourage people from sponsoring unaccompanied children by sharing sponsors' information with DHS
This order makes it harder to sponsor unaccompanied children by allowing disqualification based on sponsors' immigration status and sharing sponsors' immigration status with DHS.
Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Update To Accord With Statutory Requirements
90 FR 13554, RIN 0970-AD16
March 25, 2025
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) promulgated an interim final rule (IFR) rescinding part of the Biden Administration's Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule that prohibited (1) disqualifying potential sponsors of unaccompanied migrant children "based solely on their immigration status," and (2) collecting and sharing "information on immigration status of potential sponsors for law enforcement or immigration enforcement related purposes." The IFR in effect readopts a "memorandum of agreement" established between ORR, ICE, and CBP during the first Trump administration permitting such information sharing for immigration enforcement purposes. This new policy will deter people who are undocumented, including the extended family members of unaccompanied migrant children, from stepping forward to sponsor them for fear of being reported to ICE for deportation.
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How communities are responding
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