This webinar will cover the different types of background checks commonly used by immigration practitioners and their clients, including FOIA, FBI, state, and court-specific records requests, and it provide tips on how and where to file records requests.
View the WebinarA three-part webinar series on issues related to children of immigrant families/immigrant children by YSP, which supports policy and practice-relevant research that is focused on the early learning and development needs of the nation’s children who are growing up under conditions of economic insecurity and social exclusion. The goal of this series is to increase awareness of the existing YSP research, what is known, and the implications it has for policy and practice.
Learn MoreThe conference covers knowledge and skills related to school mental health practice, research, training, and policy, including a section on Cultural Responsiveness and Equity, with a presentation on “Welcoming Newcomers: Responding to Trauma, Acculturation, and Reunification in Recent Immigrant Youth”.
Learn MoreA new book by social worker Silvia Juarez-Marazzo entitled ¡Mamá, cuéntame porqué viniste!, aids immigrant parents to explain, in a developmentally appropriate way, the reasons behind their decision to migrate.
Learn MoreThis study is the first to estimate the proportion of all Latino children in the U.S. who have an unauthorized immigrant parent and points to the importance of understanding the stress, anxiety, and trauma caused by parental deportation.
Learn MoreThis study’s findings show disparities in CPS involvement for children of Asian origin that have implications for health and well-being across the life course. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)
Read AbstractA list of resources available to help individuals prepare for ICE raids, as well as information and resources for how to prepare/proceed in the face of other immigration enforcement actions.
Get the Resource ListRecent legislation introduced by New York Senator Tony Avella to expand the state’s Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program, benefits foster care providers by supporting the agility and innovation needed to create the stability that young people so desperately need.
Read the ArticleThis Learning Center provides resources about U.S. immigration, different types of visas and forms of relief, and “know your rights” information in English and in Spanish.
Visit the Learning CenterCLASP joins 300+ organizations in supporting the Dream Act of 2017 (S. 1615/H.R. 3440)
Read the Letter to CongressThis study provides human rights insight on the context of irregular migration on the U.S.-Mexico border. It highlights the situations and challenges faced by adolescents, working in the migrant smuggling market in the Ciudad Juárez-El Paso borderplex.
Read MoreThis article explores research that has been done on public policies and describes how these policies may be playing a role in the shifting dynamics of public attitudes.
Read the ArticleThe recent efforts by the Academy and pediatricians to protect Medicaid as Congress debated health care reform shed light on an often untold story — the program’s important role in the child welfare system, especially its emphasis on keeping families together as they heal.
Read MoreThe Trump administration is stepping up its pursuit of parents who paid to have their children illegally brought into the United States, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort, part of a widening crackdown on illegal immigration, is aimed at discouraging families from paying human smuggling organizations.
Read the StoryA Fayetteville Observer investigation found more than 120 children have died in the state within a year of their parents or caregivers being referred to a DSS agency. More than 30 of the children were killed — beaten to death, shot, drowned, smothered or poisoned by drugs.
Read the StoryAccording to a recent brief from the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, 20 states include immigration requirements before caregivers can become licensed as foster parents. Eleven other states have licensing standards that represent indirect obstacles for undocumented immigrants in the child welfare system.
Read the StoryDespite Obama-era DHS policy that immigration agents should avoid enforcement operations at sensitive locations like churches, schools, and hospitals, Border Patrol agents arrested the parents of a 2-month-old diagnosed with pyloric stenosis.
Read the StoryThis article discusses the various recent health disasters that are stemming from the Trump administration’s aggressive detention and deportation policies.
Read the StoryAn Ontario advocate for children and youth, recently met with Canadian federal immigration and border officials so they could develop a plan to work together to protect teenagers who come to the province on their own, after seeing an influx of immigrants seeking asylum over the past few months.
Read the StoryThe Emerging Scholars and Practitioners on Migration Issues (ESPMI) Network requests submissions for their Discussion Series on Disrupted Education in the Lives of Refugee Children and Youth. This series will address the greatest impacts of disrupted education on refugee children and potential solutions. The submission deadline is October 15, 2017.
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