Rosa Maria Hernandez, an immigrant child with cerebral palsy, has been released from a federally funded shelter in San Antonio, where she had been held for 10 days after undergoing surgery. She was detained due to the fact that she was an undocumented immigrant traveling without her parents.
Read the StoryAs Trump moves to sanction countries that don’t accept deportees, analysts warn that U.S. residents of Vietnamese origin no longer have the same protections.
Read the StoryA new program in Italy is connecting adults with unaccompanied child migrants to help them enroll in school, apply for healthcare and gain legal status, offering both practical guidance and essential emotional support.
Read the StoryUndocumented immigrant teens are being held in detention centers while not knowing how long they will be in there for and not having access to legal representation. One teen shares his experiences with sexual harassment and assault, in addition to the living conditions experienced by many youth being held in these detention centers.
Read the StorySF Bay Area non-profit seeks a Spanish speaking Immigration Attorney to provide direct services to our clients.
Learn More & ApplyThis NILC factsheet discusses the effects of losing the Child Tax Credit (CTC) on children in immigrant families, which lifts 1.5 million children out of poverty each year and mitigates poverty’s impact for millions more.
Get the FactsheetThis report explores the state of child well-being in the United States and experts’ views on policy considerations when addressing child well-being.
Read the ReportUsing data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education, this brief reports differences in the child care settings foreign-born and US-born parents select for their young children.
Read the ReportOn October 8, 2017, the White House issued an Immigration Principles and Policies Statement. The statement focused on changes to border security, unaccompanied alien children, asylum reform, swift border return, the expansion of the definition of inadmissible aliens to the United States, interior enforcement, immigration authority, partnerships with states and localities, visa overstays and a merit-based immigration system. This article highlights the key points from the statement.
Read the UpdateThis story highlights the importance of the CHIP program. As a result of Congress missing its October 1st deadline to fund the proram, 31 states and the District of Columbia may run out of federal dollars for the program by March 2018.
Read the StoryA 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has reportedly been detained by immigration authorities after passing through a checkpoint in an ambulance to receive emergency gall bladder surgery.
Read the StoryA summary of the recent Annie E. Casey Foundation report that examines disparities in opportunities for children of immigrants and explores the toll the threat of losing their parents to deportation or detention can take on those children.
Read the StoryActivists say the jump in dads and kids is a result of a US crackdown on moms crossing the border with children. “We see as many fathers with children as pregnant women or moms with kids. It used to be so rare,” said one immigrant service provider.
Read the StoryThe father of recently drowned children speaks out about the loss and its connection to the family’s precarious immigrant status.
Read the StoryA Liberian immigrant woman living in Delaware has been charged with the deaths of an infant son and 5-year-old-boy due to fear of deportation after her boyfriend was detained.
Read the StoryAccording to the National Immigration Law Center, greater numbers of undocumented individuals are forgoing medical care and appointments, even for their U.S.-citizen children, for fear of deportation.
Read the StoryFollowing one women’s declaration of fear about miscarrying while in detention, others have spoken out about the lack of adequate medical care provided to pregnant, detained immigrants.
Read the StoryA list and descriptions of some of the stipulations offered by the Trump administration as a part of any protective legislation for DACA recipients.
Read the StoryThe Trump administration is looking to eliminate protections for unaccompanied minors in exchange for protection of Dreamers.
Read the StoryReports from CNN and the Washington Post indicate that the Trump administration is trying to prevent people from fair processes in immigration court, particularly by negating the legal protections provided by the “unaccompanied children” status.
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