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May 14
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Parent Know Your Rights Resources

By | Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Legal/Law, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Youth & Families

Parent Know Your Rights Resources

ABA Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association (May 10, 2018)

The resource identifies rights and sometimes responsibilities remaining with the parents while their child is out of their home but before termination of parental rights. Sometimes these rights are called “residual rights.” Different from due process rights, residual rights typically include topics such as education or medical decision making and religious affiliation determinations. They may also include permissions for haircuts and tattoos. Written to be parent friendly, the ABA worked with Annie E. Casey to develop resources for each state.

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May 14
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Immigrants in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Work, Social Workers

Immigrants in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies

ABA Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association (May 2018)

This resource provides guidance on how to navigate a number of scenarios in which children and their families may benefit from support services but face intersecting immigration and child welfare legal challenges. The analysis informs not only child welfare professionals including case workers, attorneys, and judges, but also immigration law professionals whose clients may interact with the state child welfare system. Understanding the complexities that arise when families interact with both systems is a critical step in better advocacy for and support of immigrant children and families.

May 14
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Trump Administration “Zero Tolerance” Directive Could Send More Unaccompanied Minors To Houston

By | In the News

Trump Administration “Zero Tolerance” Directive Could Send More Unaccompanied Minors To Houston

Elizabeth Trovall, Houston Public Media (May 10, 2018)

A new directive that cracks down on illegal immigration could further stress immigration services and infrastructure in Houston, including detention centers, children’s shelters and access to legal aid.

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May 14
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As Tougher Border Wall Threatens Migrant Families, Report Finds U.S. Loses 1500 Migrant Children

By | In the News

As Tougher Border Wall Threatens Migrant Families, Report Finds U.S. Loses 1500 Migrant Children

Will Bacha, Citizen Truth (May 10, 2018)

As the Trump administration and its allies in law enforcement and border patrol continue to escalate tensions at the U.S. – Mexico border, thousands of children are caught in the crossfire. Children of immigrants fleeing to the border are being used as bargaining chips in political games that place allegiance to political party and ideology above the rights and welfare of human beings.

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May 14
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When is Daddy coming home?’ Families still separated a month after massive ICE raid

By | In the News

When is Daddy coming home?’ Families still separated a month after massive ICE raid

Daniella Silva, NBC News (May 8, 2018)

Every day for the last month, Aneth’s 3-year-old daughter has asked her the same question: “When is Daddy coming home?” She searches every room in the house for him and wonders why he wasn’t there for her birthday. Aneth cannot bring herself to tell her youngest child that her father was detained by immigration authorities in what advocates say was the biggest workplace raid in a decade.

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May 14
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Migrants, young and old, are not always related. Border Patrol says fear of child trafficking forces separations

By | In the News

Migrants, young and old, are not always related. Border Patrol says fear of child trafficking forces separations

Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times (May 8, 2018)

In Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, where most families have been crossing the border in the last five years, the Border Patrol reported 462 cases of fraud among children and family migrants and prosecuted 60 cases this fiscal year, which began in October. Agents have also separated parents by detaining and charging them with illegal entry in federal criminal court and placing children in temporary shelters.

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May 14
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Why separate immigrant children from parents? The politics of fear — just indirectly.

By | In the News

Why separate immigrant children from parents? The politics of fear — just indirectly.

Philip Bump, Washington Post (May 11, 2018)

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly came off as rather callous in an interview with NPR after being asked about separating young children from their parents at the border. NPR’s John Burnett noted that many felt that a policy of pulling children away from parents if families entered the country illegally was “cruel and heartless.” Kelly dismissed that concern. “I wouldn’t put it quite that way,” he said. “The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever.”

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May 14
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Under Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Be Inclined To Shun Health Benefits

By | In the News

Under Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Be Inclined To Shun Health Benefits

Christina Jewett and Melissa Bailey and Paula Andalo, Kaiser Health News (May 11, 2018)

The Trump administration is considering a policy change that might discourage immigrants who are seeking permanent residency from using government-supported health care, a scenario that is alarming some doctors, hospitals and patient advocates.

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May 14
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Undocumented Parents Trying to Reunite With Their Children May Face Deportation Under New Proposal

By | In the News

Undocumented Parents Trying to Reunite With Their Children May Face Deportation Under New Proposal

Katie Shepherd, American Immigration Council (May 11, 2018)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may soon be checking the immigration status of all potential sponsors of children who arrive unaccompanied at the U.S border, as well as any adult members of the potential sponsor’s household. The new proposal to expand screening likely will have a chilling effect on immigrant communities, leading to unaccompanied children languishing in shelters or foster care and ultimately preventing family reunification.

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May 14
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Running to stand still: Trauma symptoms, coping strategies, and substance use behaviors in unaccompanied migrant youth

By | Child Well-Being, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Running to stand still: Trauma symptoms, coping strategies, and substance use behaviors in unaccompanied migrant youth

Jodi Berger Cardoso, Children and Youth Services Review (April 9, 2018)

The current study explores: (a) the frequency of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, and substance use, (b) trauma exposure at pre-migration, migration, and post-migration, and (c) how youth may cope with these adversities among unaccompanied migrant youth, with special attention to their implications for health and well-being.

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May 14
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A Resilience Perspective on Immigrant Youth Adaptation and Development

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Social Work

A Resilience Perspective on Immigrant Youth Adaptation and Development

Frosso Motti-Stefanid and Ann S. Masten, Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth (February 8, 2017)

Immigrant youth make up a large and important part of society, making their successful adaptation an important issue. In spite of the challenges they face, most of them adapt well in their new countries. However, considerable diversity in their adaptation has been found, prompting the central question of this piece: “Who among immigrant youth adapt well and why?”  

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May 14
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Immigration, Acculturation and Parenting

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight, Resources

Immigration, Acculturation and Parenting

Marc H. Bornstein, PhD and Yvonne Bohr, PhD, Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development (April 2011)

Parenting occupies a central node in the nexus between culture and adaptive human development. While parents in all societies are expected to nurture and protect young children, culture influences a wide array of family functions including roles, decision-making patterns, and cognitions and practices related to childrearing and child development. Parenting may be subjected to complex transformations when families emigrate from one society to settle in another.

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May 14
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Government to Criminally Prosecute More Migrants and Separate Them From Their Children

By | In the News

Government to Criminally Prosecute More Migrants and Separate Them From Their Children

Joshua Breisblatt, American Immigration Council (May 8, 2018)

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced they will be stepping up prosecutions of individuals along the southern border, including the likely prosecution of asylum seekers and the increase of children being separated from their parents as they undergo criminal prosecution.

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May 14
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Breaking Up Immigrant Families: A Look at the Latest Border Tactic

By | Highlighted Resources, Law/Policy Highlight

Breaking Up Immigrant Families: A Look at the Latest Border Tactic

Miriam Jordan, New York Times (May 12, 2018)

The Justice Department adheres to its “zero tolerance” immigration policy on the Southwest border, criminally prosecuting 11 members of a caravan of migrants from Central America for crossing the border illegally. At least four of those facing criminal charges had children taken from them and placed into separate custody.

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May 14
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Research Brief: Immigrants at a Loss

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Well-Being, CICW Publications, Highlighted Resources, Parenting, Research Briefs, Research Highlight, Resources, Social Work

Immigrants at a Loss: The Need for Services that Promote Child Well-being Among Latino Families with Child Welfare Contact

Megan Finno-Velasquez, PhD and Sophia Sepp, Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (May 15, 2018)

This research brief highlights the central findings of a three-study dissertation that explored the needs of high-risk Latino families with child welfare contact and the barriers that exist in receiving services to meet those needs through a quantitative examination of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAWII).

May 14
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DHS proposal would change rules for minors in immigration detention

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DHS proposal would change rules for minors in immigration detention

Maria Saccheti, Washington Post (May 9, 2018)

The Trump administration is attempting to rewrite the rules for detaining immigrant children apprehended at the border, seeking greater flexibility on everything from their snack times to their asylum applications in the United States, according to a copy of the proposal obtained by The Washington Post.

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May 13
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Cross-Border Mediation Conference

By | Opportunities

Cross-Border Mediation Conference: Dispute Resolution for International Families In Your Community

June 5, 2018 • Washington, D.C., co-hosted by International Social Service-USA (ISS-USA), MK Family Law, The George Washington University School of Law, and Leslie Ellen Shear, Attorney and Counselor at Law.

This event will bring together leading experts to discuss mediation as a key process to help cross-border families with their complex situations. Scheduled one day prior to the annual AFCC Conference in D.C., conference attendees will have a wealth of resources and excellent networking opportunities at their finger-tips.

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