A judge will decide whether a Nebraska agency violated state law in denying three teens entry into a foster care transition program based on their immigration status.
Read moreCecilia Gomez, a mother of three U.S.-born children who had lived in the country for more than 20 years, had been unexpectedly arrested at a Las Vegas immigration office when she arrived for a green card appointment, causing fear among others in the community.
Read moreTennessee may be a conservative state, but the sudden arrests of 97 long-time immigrant residents and workers have galvanized the people of Hamblen County to come to the aid of their neighbors, suggesting a break with Trump’s immigration policy.
Read moreThe Trump administration has attacked immigrant communities from day one with a range of misguided proposals and executive orders that undermine civil rights and terrify families. These efforts are having devastating effects – right now, as well as potentially long term – on the health and well-being of our nation’s youngest residents.
Read moreThe Academy, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American Academy of Family Physicians signed a letter March 30 saying pregnant women in detention not only lack access to appropriate care, but also are vulnerable to sexual assault. In addition, the negative physical and mental impact of being detained can impact their child’s development.
Read moreThe Department of Justice has announced it will evaluate immigration judges on how many cases they close and how fast they hear cases, a move that judges and advocates criticize as potentially jeopardizing the courts’ fairness and perhaps leading to far more deportations.
Read MoreThis article discussues early childcare and how it can be a major contributor to eliminating inequality of opportunity and even lay the foundations for a more productive workforce in the future.
Read moreAs the fight over California’s immigration laws intensifies, Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra on Friday released a policy guide for school officials that lays out how they can protect students from immigration enforcement on school grounds.
Read moreThis article highlights the issues witnessed by healthcare professionals while visiting children in a detention facility at the Mexican border, with specific focus on the mental health and trauma experienced by the children being held in the facility. In addition to highlighting these issues, the article also highlights the importance of practitioners working together to bring attention to and address the violations of human rights described in the article.
Read MoreThe Department of Homeland Security may soon formalize the abhorrent practice of detaining the children of asylum-seekers separately from their parents. If the secretary orders this practice to be made standard procedure, thousands of families could face unnecessary separation.
Read moreImmigration authorities granted an immigrant father of a child battling cancer in Phoenix a last-minute stay after facing deportation.
READ MOREThis webinar presents findings from two CLASP reports: “Our Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children” and “Immigration Policy’s Harmful Impacts on Early Care and Education”. It also explains how immigration policy is affecting young children and their parents as well as early childhood educators. Recommendations for stakeholders at all levels to safeguard the wellbeing of children in immigrant families are also provided.
View WebinarThe purpose of this practice advisory is to assist practitioners filing stays of removal for those DACA recipients who have prior removal orders. This advisory explains how to seek a stay with the immigration court, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and the U.S. courts of appeal. It also covers how to seek a stay of removal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Read MoreThe first webinar in a new series on implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare explores how child welfare leaders and program developers can work together to adapt an evidence-based approach to the specific needs of a state — and further hone the approach as it moves to another jurisdiction.
View WebinarThis publication discusses sanctuary laws and provides facts about sanctuary policies, in order to help clarify some of the misinformation that has been spread about these policies.
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The researchers of this study sought to understand the problems, strengths, and help-seeking behaviors of Somali Bantu and Bhutanese refugees and determine local expressions of mental health problems among youths in both communities.
Read Full StudyAFCC strives to offer a wide range of conference sessions highlighting different research, advocacy positions, policies, practices, programs, procedures, and ideas. Some programs may be evidence-based while others may report on works in progress, emerging practices, or policy initiatives. The goal of the conference is to enhance learning while encouraging respectful inquiry, discussion, and debate consistent with AFCC organizational values.
Learn MoreThis conference will bring together leading experts to discuss mediation as a key process to help cross-border families with their complex situations.
RegisterIn light of the Justice Department suing California over its ‘sanctuary state’ immigration laws, this resource serves to provide information about California’s AB 103 policy, and stresses the importance of the need for reform of detention centers in the US.
Read MoreThis report describes the legal liabilities local governments face when they honor ICE requests, known as “detainers,” to hold individuals past the completion of their criminal custody until immigration agents take them into administrative custody.
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