Monday, September 11, 2017
Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids
Increased efforts by federal immigration agents to deport undocumented immigrants have nonprofit officials worried that those clients may stop seeking services for fear of being swept up in a deportation raid. President Trump’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, a program that allowed nearly 800,000 young, undocumented individuals to work legally, has added urgency to their concerns.
So what should nonprofit employees and their clients do if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement comes knocking? Some groups are working to educate themselves and others to answer that question. . .