The Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review is creating specialized dockets for immigration court cases involving immigrant children, including several child-friendly procedures.
This referral tool is designed to help attorneys of children in foster care identify if a child may benefit from services from an immigration attorney and make a meaningful referral to that attorney.
This referral tool is designed to help caseworkers identify whether a child in foster care may benefit from the services of an immigration attorney.
The resource explores the specialized models that child welfare agencies in CA, NJ, NM, NYC, and OR have implemented in order to meet the unique needs of immigrant children and families who become involved with the child welfare system.
This article examines the impacts of the Zero Tolerance Policy on unaccompanied minors, including their numbers, time in ORR custody, and likelihood of family reunification.
This article documents the many barriers encountered by children seeking SIJS, including avoidable delays, inconsistent denial rates, and a growing backlog of SIJS petitioners, and calls for action to improve the SIJS program.
HHS has released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for a final rule that would establish a foundation for the Unaccompanied Children Program. Comments are due 12/4/23.
This brief reviews the Biden administration’s asylum ban, including the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule and exceptions, plus ways to rebut the presumption of asylum ineligibility.
This policy brief reviews the Immigration Court Efficiency and Children’s Court Act of 2023 which has the potential to create a more child-friendly environment for UCs navigating the U.S. immigration system.
This National Immigration Legal Services Directory enables the user to search for nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services by state, county, or detention facility.
This webinar reviews how child care and early education providers can create safe and welcoming environments for immigrant families, including via eligibility rules, inclusive policies and enrollment practices, and more.
This webinar will provide a review of key changes in immigration law affecting unaccompanied children over the past year.
This webinar will review how to identify and work through vicarious trauma and prevent burnout in the practice of immigration law.
This report provides updates and recommendations on efforts on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) efforts to address concerns of child labor exploitation for unaccompanied minors release from ORR custody.
New bipartisan legislation seeks to make the immigration court system more child-friendly for unaccompanied migrant children via training for judges, chlid-only dockets, and connections to legal services.
Over 350 children have been deported to Guatemala in the past two years, and they are often dropped off in cities hours away from their homes with no financial means to get there.
Lack of capacity and new time limits on shelter stays threaten to force migrants in New York City onto the streets.
This opinion piece reviews the situation for unaccompanied children navigating the immigration system in light of the proposed Immigration Court Efficiency and Children’s Court Act.
Shelters in Massachusetts are running out of capacity to house migrants.
A new report finds that language barriers, misinformation and complex eligibility rules prevent immigrant families in North Carolina from enrolling in safety-net programs.
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