A new NY Times investigation that interviewed over 100 migrant children has found that these children have been coming alone to the U.S. in record numbers and are working in extremely exploitative jobs.
This report reviews the progress of the Biden administration in protecting unaccompanied children, identifying positive outcomes, needed actions, and how Congress should assist.
This policy alert outlines new changes to the age calculation process under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) for children trying to obatin LPR status based on a parent’s status.
This practice advisory reviews new Special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) petition regulations, including policy changes on evidentiary requirements, marital status, getting updates on petitions, and more.
This webinar reviews different forms of trauma, trauma responses, and how to identify symptoms in a child, with a focus on the traumatic experiences immigrant children may face and how to respond as a practitioner.
This brief explores the experiences of North Carolina’s child care subsidy program staff when trying to engage Hispanic families during COVID-19.
This research explored factors, such as age and placement, associated with reporting educational services as a primary need among unaccompanied minors receiving post release services.
This research explored factors, such as country of origin, gender, and age, associated with reporting mental health services as a primary need among unaccompanied minors.
This archive presents a compilation of internal government documents related to the Trump administration’s Zero Tolerance policy that separated thousands of immigrant families.
This brief summarizes recent updates to key immigration policies, including Title 42, the DACA program, and the public charge rule, and discusses the impacts of these policies on the health and well-being of immigrants.
This webpage discusses considerations and recommendations for working with children of immigrants with disabilities and provides a resource with links to additional research, frameworks, practices, and recommendations.
This resource provides key info about the final public charge rule that went into effect December 23, 2022.
The Biden has announced that it will deny entry to migrants from Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who cross the border from Mexico, and will require them to apply to enter the U.S. from their home countries. The U.S. will accept 30,000 people per month from these nations for two years.
This article briefly reviews the tumultuous history of the DACA policy.
This article explores common challenges that children of immigrant parents may experience.
New Jersey has expanded its state health insurance program to all children regardless of immigration status.
Miami-Dade public schools are working hard to provide support to the over 13,000 new immigrant students who have enrolled in the school district since October.
DHS is investigating the possible human trafficking of 50 children, including some under the age of 13, who were allegedly illegally employed cleaning multiple slaughterhouses in the Midwest.
Physicians call on ORR to increase opportunities for familial contact for children in its custody beyond its minimum of two 10-minute calls per week.
Countless immigrant families experience needless separation at the border due to policy that requires separating children from nonparents, including grandparents, aunts or uncles, siblings, etc.
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