Trump officials launch ICE effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children
Marisa Taylor, Ted Hesson & Kristina Cooke, Reuters (February 23, 2025)
A new internal ICE memo directs agents to track down and deport unaccompanied migrant children.
Top Trump official overseeing migrant children program removed
Ted Hesson, Reuters (March 5, 2025)
Mellissa Harper, the acting director of ORR since February 2025, was abruptly removed by the Trump administration.
Trump raids will now target migrant families who entered the U.S. with their children
Julia Ainsley, NBC News (March 6, 2025)
New immigrant enforcement plans will target adults and minor children who entered the country together and have orders of deportation.
President Trump brings back practice of detaining families together
Ximena Bustillo, NPR (March 7, 2025)
The Trump administration is reopening the Karnes and Dilley detention centers in Texas in order to detain immigrant families with children.
GOP bill to bar immigrant kids without legal status from Tennessee public schools advances
Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout (March 12, 2025)
A bill allowing public schools to refuse to enroll children without legal immigration status is advancing in Tennessee.
US drops lawsuit against shelter provider alleging sexual abuse of migrant kids
Sarah N Lynch & Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters (March 13, 2025)
The Dept of Justice has dropped a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse of unaccompanied minors by staff of Southwest Key Programs after HHS stopped placing children in their shelters.
Immigrant children face increased cases of bullying across TX
Freda Ross, Public News Service (March 19, 2025)
Children in immigrant families in Texas are facing increased bullying.
Trump’s New Registration Requirement Could Forcibly Separate Millions of Immigrant Families
Nanya Gupta, Immigration Impact (March 18, 2025)
A new non-citizen registration requirement is poised to cause harm and separation to millions of immigrant families.
Trump administration ‘villainizes’ immigrant families with misleading directive on food aid
Victoria Namkung, The Guardian (March 20, 2025)
A recent memo from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is spreading misleading information about undocumented immigrants use of food and nutrition programs, and could create a chilling effect among eligible immigrant and mixed-status families.
Trump administration cuts legal help for migrant children traveling alone
Rebecca Santana, AP News (March 21, 2025)
The Trump administration has ended a contract that provides essential legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children navigating the immigration legal system.
Soaring Housing Costs Make Life Even More Challenging for Oakland’s Unaccompanied Minors
Cassandra Garibay and Ximena Loeza, El Tímpano, KQED (March 28, 2025)
CICW Director speaks to the trauma and mental health needs of unaccompanied minors, which compound many of the challenges they face while resettling in the U.S., like housing insecurity.
Urgent Advocacy Opportunity: Restore Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
The Acacia Center for Justice
On March 21st, the Trump administration terminated funding for legal counsel for 26,000 unaccompanied children, cutting them off from essential legal services and forcing them to represent themselves alone in immigration court. This comes at the same time that the administration moves to increase the deportation and detention of children. You can take action now to protect these vulnerable children by sending a pre-written, customizable letter to your representatives (click link above), calling for the restoration of the Unaccompanied Children Program and legal services for unaccompanied children.
The Impact of Immigration Threat on Educators’ Work and Well-Being in Schools: Insights from Educators
Foundation for Child Development • April 1, 2025 • 4pm PT/7 pmET
This webinar for educators, school administrators, mental health professionals, and researchers will share insights into how immigration threats impact young students and their families as well as their educators.
Empowering Communities: Guidance on KYR in Health Access & NILC Office Hours
National Immigration Law Center • April 2, 2025 • 10amPT/1pmET
This webinar will provide essential guidance on KYR in health access and answer common questions among advocates seeking to support and defend immigrant families.
ICE, Schools and Children: What Families Should Know
Nisa Kahn, KQED (February 13, 2025)
Amid increased fear of the Trump administration’s promised mass deportations, CICW Director, Kristina Lovato, shares recommendations around family preparedness planning, and how families can talk to and prepare their children for interactions with immigration enforcement.
How hardline anti-immigrant policies are threatening the right to education
Robin Buller, The Guardian (February 10, 2025)
Increasingly punitive immigration policies, including the revocation of the protected areas memo and new state level attempts to require citizenship information for school enrollment, threaten education access for children in immigrant families. The CICW Director speaks to the importance of education as a tool for children to lead productive lives and contribute to society – a tool that every child should have at their disposal.
Immigration Policy Tracking Project
This website compiles all Trump 1.0 and 2.0 immigration policies in a searchable database.
Immigration Know Your Rights Training for Parents & Child Care Providers
Tuesday, March 11 at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT
This free bilingual virtual training will review what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows up at your home or child care facility.
Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families
Leisy J. Abrego & Lucia León, Annual Review of Sociology (January 23, 2025)
This review encourages scholars to broaden their research beyond the impacts of federal, state, and local laws on immigrant families to include experiences during the migration journey and at the border as these are also influenced by US immigration policies.
Duration in Immigration Detention and Health Harms
Altaf Saadi, Caitlin Patler, & Paola Langer; JAMA Network Open (January 24, 2025)
This study explores the association between duration of immigration detention and subsequent health outcomes, finding high prevalence of poor self-rated health, mental illness, and PTSD among recently detained US immigrants.
