Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Needs and Responses
Thomas M. Crea, Benjamin J. Roth, Jayshree S. Jani, Breanne Grace, Children and Youth Services Review (September, 2018)
How to Talk About Public Charge with Immigrants and Their Families
Protecting Immigrant Families (August 7, 2018)
This document reviews key Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign messages and talking points related to communicating with immigrant communities about the Trump era public charge rule.
Risks of Applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in Affirmative Cases
Immigration Legal Resource Center (August 31, 2018)
This Practice Advisory answers common questions about the risks of filing affirmative SIJS cases for youth in a variety of scenarios, such as when the youth has a delinquency history, the youth is over the age of 18, or the youth is alleged to be gang-involved.
Webinar: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Hot Topics
Immigration Legal Resource Center (September 27, 2018)
This webinar will provide an overview of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, a humanitarian form of immigration relief for children who have been abandoned, abused or neglected by a parent. Other issues will be discussed, including trends in USCIS adjudications and immigration courts. Registration closes September 26th.
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Trump’s Executive Order and the Flores Settlement Explained
Refugees International (June, 2018)
An issue brief on the Flores Settlement Agreement and President Trump’s executive order to detain children together with their parents while criminal or immigration proceedings are being resolved.
The Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children and Families
Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Erin Sugrue, Augsburg University; Jacquelynn Duron, Rutgers University; Dianne Ciro, San Diego State University; Amy Messex, New Mexico Highlands University; Scholars Taking Action for Families (STAFF): A CICW Workgroup (September 12, 2018)
This NEW CICW research brief summarizes recent findings on the negative consequences of parental incarceration on children and families, identifies the connection to detention of immigrant parents, and provides practice and policy recommendations.
How do Immigrant Children and Families Experience Immigrant Detention?
Thomas M. Crea, Boston College; Laurie Cook Heffron, St. Edwards University; Catherine LaBrenz, University of Texas at Austin; and Alejandra Ros Pilarz, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Scholars Taking Action for Families (STAFF): A CICW Workgroup (September 12, 2018)
This CICW research brief reviews the existing literature on the impacts of immigration detention on children and families, and provides recommendations to support and promote their well-being.
Immigration Options for Undocumented Immigrant Children
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August, 2018)
A collection of one-page fact sheets on immigration options for undocumented immigrant children.
Please Join Us for a Webinar on 9/27: Supporting Immigrant Students in Universities
Appleseed (September 27th, 2018)
A webinar on supporting immigrant students in universities, with the aim of promoting network-based collaboration on issues facing immigrants and refugees.
Register HereTrump administration to triple size of Texas tent camp for migrant children
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post (September 11, 2018)
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, a tent camp for migrant children in the desert outside El Paso will expand to accommodate a growing number of Central American children crossing the border.
Read MoreChilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use
Jeanne Batalova, Michael Fix, and Mark Greenberg, Migration Policy Institute ( June 2018)
The expected public charge rule could have wide-reaching effects on legal immigration to the United States and lead to a sharp drop in use of public benefits by legally present non-citizens and their dependents. This report analyzes use of public benefits by non-citizens, naturalized citizens, and the U.S. born to understand the potential magnitude of the draft proposed rule’s effects.
Shelters for child immigrants struggle with accountability, consistent monitoring
Perla Trevizo, Arizona Daily Star (September 9, 2018)
This article takes an in depth look at shelters for immigrant minors, showing struggles with accountability and consistent monitoring after their rapid expansion.
Read MoreMore than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents. Here’s what we know
Joshua Barajas, PBS News Hour (September 7, 2018)
More than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents and under the federal government’s care, according to court documents filed this week.
Read MoreTrump Administration Proposes Rule To Allow Longer Detention Of Migrant Children
Joel Rose, NPR (September 6, 2018)
The Trump administration is proposing to lift court-imposed limits on how long it can hold children in immigration detention. Under proposed regulations, the administration seeks to replace the Flores settlement, a decades-old agreement that dictates how long the government can hold migrant children, and under what conditions.
Read MoreAs Months Pass in Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape, Even Suicide
Melissa Sanchez, Duaa Eldeib and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica (September 6, 2018)
Internal documents reveal despair and tedium in one of the nation’s largest shelter networks for unaccompanied minors.
Read MoreFamilies separated at U.S. border now living in Massachusetts sue Trump administration, seeking punitive damages to cover therapy
Jacqueline Tempera, MassLive ( September 6, 2018)
Lawyers are asking President Donald Trump’s administration to pay for mental health treatment for kids who were separated from the parents at the U.S. border, arguing the children will suffer lifelong psychological damage at the hands of a “malicious” administration.
Read MoreHealthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families in California
The Children’s Partnership & California Policy Center (August, 2018)
The Children’s Partnership and the California Immigrant Policy Center launched Healthy Mind, Healthy Future, a research and policy project focused on better understanding the impact of immigration enforcement on the mental health and wellbeing of children in immigrant families.
Some separated children in US opt to join their deported parents
Agence France Presse, Capital News (September 3, 2018)
There has been an increase in the number of children opting to leave the U.S. and rejoin their deported parents in their country of origin.
Read MoreImmigrants, fearing Trump crackdown, drop out of nutrition programs
Helena Bottemiller Evich, Politico (September 3, 2018)
Documented and undocumented immigrants express fear that utilizing federal aid could make them ineligible for legal status in the future and increasingly turn down these opportunities.
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