Children in limbo in the midst of immigration enforcement debate
Luz Gray, Nevada Independent (July 7, 2017)
In Nevada, legal group works to help immigrant children who need representation for documented status.
Read the StoryThe Road to Adulthood: Aligning Child Welfare Practice With Adolescent Brain Development
Annie E. Casey Foundation (July 22, 2017)
This report provides insight into how gender, race, ethnicity and more affect formative developmental experiences in young people. It also provides recommendations for child welfare professionals on how to best support both parents and children through this process.
Read the ReportSpecial Immigrant Juvenile Status
Susan Schmidt, Encyclopedia of Social Work (July 2017)
SIJS is defined to explain its significance for immigrant children and for the role social workers may play in support of the status. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)
Read the AbstractUndocumented Immigrants and Their Experience with Illegality
Various Authors, The Russell Sage Foundation (July 2017)
The Russell Sage Foundation published this journal issue, with various articles that examine policy changes and how they have affected the welfare of undocumented immigrants, their families, and their communities.
Get the JournalToolkit to support undocumented students
The Education Trust-West (2017)
Eight organizations have collaborated to create a toolkit designed for educators to better support undocumented students and their families with resources including classroom tools and strategies, fact sheets, guides and legal resources, sample resolutions, and social/emotional support resources.
Get the ToolkitMake a Plan: Migrant Parents’ Guide to Preventing Family Separation
Women’s Refugee Commission, undated
Available in both English and Spanish, this guide helps immigrant parents understand their rights and prepare for the possibility of separation.
Get the GuideSmuggled into US as a teen, respected Kona farmer now faces deportation to Mexico
Allyson Blair, Hawaii News Now (June 1, 2017)
An upstanding community member, this long-term resident fears his children will suffer more than his businesses if he is deported.
Read the StorySeparate mothers and children: how a Trump threat deterred illegal migrants
Julia Edwards Ainsley, Reuters (April 13, 2017)
Fear of tough policies, especially on women and children, factor into the recently reduced number border crossings.
Read the StoryFear of deportation drives people off food stamps in the US.
Claudia Torrens and Gisela Salomon, Associated Press (June 6, 2017)
Nutrition assistance abandoned even in mixed-status families for fear that participation in government programs could result in potential deportations.
Read the StoryLosing Gloria
Lizzie Presser, The California Sunday Magazine (June 1, 2017)
After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go.
Read the StoryU.S. Citizen Children Impacted by Immigration Enforcement
by American Immigration Council, March 28, 2017
This fact sheet provides an overview of these citizen children and the risks and challenges they may face as well as mechanisms designed to protect them when a parent is detained/deported.
Get the FactsheetSpanish-language Early Education Instructional Video to Help Immigrant Parents Talk to Kids
Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (2017)
New video helps Spanish-speaking parents understand how to communicate with their children in uncertain immigration circumstances.
Watch the VideoAbout Unaccompanied Alien Children’s Services
Office of Refugee Resettlement (June 2017)
Information and resources related to the unaccompanied alien children’s program.
Access the ResourcesImmigration and Child Welfare: What do We Need to Know in 2017?
Amy Lemley, Angie Junck, and Rachel Prandini; John Burton Advocates for Youth and ILRC (June 23, 2017)
This web seminar discusses: 1) what is happening nationally with immigration law and policy; 2) protections for immigrant families in child welfare; and 3) immigration relief options for children and families.
View the SeminarCalifornia’s Due Process Crisis: Access to Legal Counsel for Detained Immigrants
California Coalition for Universal Representation (June 2017)
This report shows that 68% of detained immigrants in CA are unrepresented. Legal representation can be a major determining factor in the outcome of immigration cases, as those with counsel succeed more than five times as often their unrepresented counterparts. As such, it is both fiscally responsible and morally necessary for CA to defend its residents facing detention and deportation.
Read the ReportHarsh U.S. immigration policies are causing mental, social harm to American children
Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Grace Napolitano, and Pramila Jayapal, The Hill (May 31, 2017)
Exposure to anti-immigrant and xenophobic language, actions, and policies can lead to potentially damaging stress in children and families.
Read the OpinionMother locked in family detention attempts suicide to free her kids
Roque Planas, Huffington Post (May 26, 2017)
Though federal ruling indicates they should have been freed within three weeks, a mother and family endured extended detention after request for asylum, and she attempted a desperate act in hopes to free the children.
Read the StoryAmid deep cuts to youth services, Trump includes big increase to child welfare entitlement
John Kelly, The Chronicle of Social Change (May 26, 2017)
President Trump’s budget proposal contains a 13.5% increase in Title IV-E funding for state foster care and adoption, but also includes a $153 million cut in federal foster care for unaccompanied minors, a system that is already deeply underfunded.
Read the StoryICE raids near National City schools, parents arrested, children left unattended
Barbara Zaragoza, San Diego Free Press (May 26, 2017)
Teachers’ Association requests that ICE cease enforcement actions with parents near its schools so that children know that school is a safe place and attendance is not threatened.
Read the StoryTPS extension for Haitians offers short-term relief
HIAS.org (May 22, 2017)
Six-month extension of protected status for Haitians announced by DHS, but future reconsideration of status is unclear.
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