Trump administration targeting children is a new low
Kate Shepherd, Am Immigration Council (July 27, 2017)
Broad labeling of immigrant children as criminal by current administration is both inaccurate and unjust.
Read the StorySummer camp in Iowa City held with immigrant children in mind
Michaela Ramm, The Gazette (July 21, 2017)
In response to the stress felt in immigrant communities following President Donald Trump’s election and his executive orders, community members created a camp to support kids and their families to combat the stress they experience.
Read the StoryU.S. immigration raids to target teenaged suspected gang members
Julia Edwards Ainsley, Reuters (July 21, 2017)
Raids planned in July targeted immigrant teens simply suspected of gang activity or membership.
Read the StoryA Veteran ICE Agent, Disillusioned with the Trump Era, Speaks Out
Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker (July 24, 2017)
Concerned about the recent shift of ICE culture and practice, ICE field agent describes troubling changes in practice and focus.
Read the StoryMemphis-area schools tell immigrant families their data is safe
Daniel Connolly, The Commercial Appeal (July 28, 2017)
School system official explains that personal information isn’t shared with any outside agency, nor does it require legal immigration status to register.
Read the StoryNew Haven to Provide Guide for Families Facing Deportation
Josh Kovner, Hartford Courant (July 25, 2017)
New Haven introduced an emergency guide for parents and family members facing the threat of deportation because of palpable fear.
Read the Story3-Year-Old Released From Immigrant Detention After Spending More Than Half His Life Locked Up
Elise Foley, Huffington Post (Aug 8, 2017)
Case demonstrates what can go wrong when ICE declines to release mothers even if it means locking up their children.
Read the StoryDeportation Order Splits Oakland Family and Highlights Shift under Trump
Hamed Aleaziz, San Francisco Chronicle (Aug 9, 2017)
Oncology nurse and mother of three citizen children, woman faces deportation under current enforcement practices that affect even those without criminal records.
Read the StoryWhy Immigration Policy Should Matter to Youth-Serving Systems
Marie Williams, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (Aug 9, 2017)
In the current climate of immigration enforcement, youth-serving systems now have a duty to investigate whether they are adequately serving the vulnerable population of immigrant children.
Read the ArticleBlaming Parents Is an Unconscionable Response to Children Fleeing Violence
by Olivia Golden, Washington Monthly (July 18, 2017)
The Trump administration’s idea of treating a refugee crisis as the fault of parents crosses a line of morality and decency.
Read the StoryCalifornia AG Supports Program for Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth
by Victoria Rocha, The Chronicle of Social Change (July 18, 2017)
Attorney General advocates for “greater protections for unaccompanied undocumented youth seeking legal immigration status under the federal Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) program.”
Read the StoryHIAS Welcomes July Ruling on Refugee Ban in Executive Order
HIAS (July 14, 2017)
Statement of support issued for ruling that explains, “refugees with assurances from U.S.-based resettlement agencies are now officially considered to have ‘bona fide’ relationships with a U.S. entity, as defined by the Supreme Court.”
Read the StoryJudge said these kids get a green card; ICE says they get deported
by Bernice Yeung, Center for Investigative Reporting (July 6, 2017)
In-process cases for vulnerable children see new risks via aggressive enforcement that includes rapid deportation.
Read the StoryCourt: Detained immigrant children entitled to court hearing
by Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press, Orange County Register (July 5, 2017)
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said two laws passed by Congress did not end the right to a bond hearing for unaccompanied immigrant children who are detained by federal authorities.
Read the StoryAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Statement Opposing Continued Federal Efforts to Tear Apart Immigrant Families
by Fernando Stein, M.D, AAP (June 30, 2017)
The American Academy of Pediatrics makes statement against the Department of Homeland Security’s new “enforcement initiative” to deport parents, caregivers and sponsors who sent for their unaccompanied children.
Read the StoryICE came for their fathers and husbands. Now these Mississippi families will live in poverty
Will Tucker, Southern Poverty Law Center (June 26, 2017)
Mississippi ICE cases take residents valuable to the community.
Read the StoryKeeping Refugee Children and Teens Safe
Lisa Aronson Fontes Ph.D., Psychology Today (Aug 2, 2017)
Suicidality in refugee children and teens requires understanding of acculturative stress and other features.
Read the ArticleQuality for Whom? Supporting Diverse Children and Workers in Early Childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
Julie Sugarman and Maki Park, Migration Policy Institute (August 2017)
This report examines how diverse providers access Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) and the processes built around them, what indicators can be used to better capture program elements that are valuable to immigrant and refugee families, and how the rollout of QRIS in different states has affected these communities.
Read the ReportWorking with Child Clients and Their Family Members in Light of the Trump Administration’s Focus on “Smugglers” Practice Advisory
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., July 2017
Designed for practitioners who are representing child clients in removal proceedings or advising family members of child clients in removal proceedings, this practice advisory offers multiple tips including risk mitigation strategies.
Read the AdvisoryChild support and mixed-status families: an analysis using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
Lanlan Xu, Maureen A. Pirog, Edward D. Vargas, Social Science Research, Nov 2016
This research has implications for policy makers and researchers interested in reducing child poverty in complex family structures and underscores the need to revisit child support policies for mixed-status families. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)
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