Undocumented

• 教皇 Francis 任命一名曾是无证移民的人员为美国主教，这在移民政策方面具有象征意义。 • 此次任命反映了梵蒂冈在美国天主教会内部对移民权利和社会正义的立场。 • 此举正值 Trump 政府关于移民政策的争议持续期间。

独家：承包商否认了包括“强迫失踪”在内的指控，并将协助寻找无伴侣未成年人。一份合同文件显示，美国移民及海关执法局 (ICE) 已将一份合同授予一家曾面临“酷刑”和“强迫失踪”指控的私营安保公司，以协助追踪独自抵达美国的无证移民儿童。ICE 在美国境内追查这些未成年人的工作力度大幅加强，甚至已将部分任务外包给第三方，旨在部署“地面力量”以寻找此前已从美国政府监管中获释的移民儿童。 继续阅读...

Leo 曾批评过 Trump 的强硬移民政策，选定 Evelio Menjivar-Ayala 担任该州新任主教 订阅 Breaking News US 电子邮件以在收件箱中获取时事通讯提醒 Pope Leo XIV 任命了一名曾通过躲藏在汽车后备箱内作为无证移民进入 United States 的男子，担任 West Virginia 的新任主教。 据 OSV News 报道，教皇批准了 West Virginia 州 Wheeling-Charleston 的 Mark E Brennan 主教的辞职，并选定 55 岁的 Washington 主教 Evelio Menjivar-Ayala 接替其职位。继续阅读...

• Recent federal tax legislation and policy changes now require parents to have a valid Social Security number (SSN) to claim Child Tax Credit (CTC), Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC), and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). • Undocumented parents who file taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) can no longer claim these credits even if their children are U.S. citizens, significantly reducing tax relief for mixed-status families. • Federal policies enacted in 2025 expanded the range of programs treated as "federal public benefits" subject to immigration-status eligibility restrictions, including Head Start, community health center services, and Title X family planning services.

• Last August, the Trump administration ordered states to reverify immigration status of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees, but findings from five states show few immigrants without legal status improperly receiving benefits. • States paid Deloitte and other firms millions to comply with the law aimed at cutting Medicaid rolls, with federal officials mandating reverification of enrollee immigration data. • The reviews highlight limited evidence of widespread ineligibility, raising questions about the policy's effectiveness and costs to update systems amid ongoing crackdowns.