Testimony for Act Establishing Fairness for Agricultural Laborers
Explicitly including farmworkers in state labor law protections will reduce severe poverty in Massachusetts and improve individual, family, and public health.
immigration
Changes to Public Charge Regulations: A Threat to Immigrant and Public Health
Panelists: Andrew Cohen, JD; Leah Zallman, MPH, MD; Lara Jirmanus, MPH, MD.
On December 5, Harvard FXB sponsored a panel on proposed changes in regulations around public charge and immigration. Dr. Lara Jirmanus, Andrew Cohen, and Dr. Leah…
Commenting on Regulations, an Example: Proposed Change to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
By Susan Lloyd McGarry
Many in the public health community have concerns about the possible effects of proposed changes in regulations related to how US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security (US CIS, DHS) determines…
Professor Jacqueline Bhabha on Family Separation and Migration
Separation at the border
On June 27, our colleague Chris Sweeney in the Harvard Chan Office of Communications interviewed Harvard FXB’s director of research, Professor Jacqueline Bhabha, on family separation for their feature Three…
June 22, 2018 Harvard FXB Statement on US Zero Tolerance Policy
President Trump introduced a “zero tolerance” immigration policy on April 6, 2018, as a seemingly fail-safe measure to prevent what he calls undesirables from seeking to enter the US across the border with Mexico. He launched the policy to elevate his…
Do You Know Where You Are Going? (the 2016 eviction from the Calais Jungle)
a reprise from the migrant diaries:
Calais, France—Friday October 21, 2016
The eviction is definitely happening Monday. Refugees and volunteers have a meeting this afternoon at the Khyber Restaurant and Annie, one of the long-term…
In the News: “What Is Best About Ourselves: We Welcome Others and Grow Together” FXB on U.S. Immigration Policy
The January 27 executive order restricting travel, immigration, and refugee entry to the United States signaled major policy changes in those areas. Despite the recent stay of the immigration order upheld by the 9th District Court of Appeals, litigation…
In the News: No Correlation Between Refugees and Terrorists, Facebook Live
Brief Background
In a Facebook Live event (click here to go to the webcast of 45 minutes) at Harvard Kennedy School on February 3, Professor Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB’s director of research, discussed refugees and the January 27 US executive order on…
In the News: FXB and the US Immigration Executive Order
In Line for Food at a Refugee Camp in Lesvos Greece 2016 FXB Photo by Hector Lucero
Late afternoon Friday, January 27, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing US policies and procedures regarding immigration and refugees.…
Children on the Move: Failure to Protect
Throughout the world, children flee peril in their place of origin, but often they exchange one set of dangers for another. A new report published today by Harvard University’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights finds that protection for children on…
