New York City has developed Project Open Arms, a collaborative effort of city and nonprofit agencies to help asylum-seeking families get enrolled in school and access needed social services.
This hybrid conference will address topics such as the state of play for immigration, the growing role of litigation to block immigration policies, the asylum system, and developments in humanitarian protection.
DHS has released a final rule to take effect on Oct. 31st. that codifies and preserves DACA, while maintaining the existing eligibility guidelines.
This research brief by the CICW Research Workgroup provides background and highlights gaps in the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Post-Release Services program for unaccompanied minors and offers research-based recommendations for improvements.
This brief summaries the key findings and recommendations from the second phase of the Strengthening Border Families study, which elicited the perspectives of frontline practitioners who serve immigrant families across a variety of service settings in the community about the accessibility and quality of services for immigrant families with young children in the Doña Ana County. It is also available in Spanish here.
This research explored immigrant children’s mental health and impacts of various neighborhood and family contexts.
This research describes mental health symptoms and service receipt among Latino adults with children.
This resource provides a summary and FAQ of the recent federal court ruling regarding DHS immigration enforcement priorities.
This policy brief discusses the state of immigrant children’s eligibility and coverage by Medicaid and CHIP in 2019.
This resource provides key steps for organizations in the design, implementation, evaluation, and reassessment of immigrant integration endeavors.
This resource accompanies CLINICS’s “Immigrant and Community Integration Step by Step Guide to Local Integration Programming” to provide additional information content and worksheets to support integration projects.
This article provides an overview of what has happened in the 5 years since the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy.
A Biden administration lawyer has entered an appeal to get rid of the ruling blocking the DACA program from receiving new applications.
The new Trusted Adult Relative Program is being tested at Border Patrol stations in TX to reunify children with family members.
The newly introduced Children’s Safe Welcome Act aims to establish new standards for the safety and well-being of migrant children in federal custody by integrating child welfare best practices.
The Flores Settlement Update and Establishment Act of 2022 has been introduced by Texas Representative Crenshaw, aiming to extend the length of time that immigrant minors can be held in U.S. custody from 72 hours to 120 days and to require DNA testing of family units.
Additional details about plans for a new facility for unaccompanied minors in Greensboro, NC have been released.
Although the new version of the ICE parental interests directive includes several needed protections, it falls short in strengthening some important needed protections for immigrant families.
The Supreme Court has refused to reinstate the Biden administration’s policy that directs ICE to prioritize the detention and deportation of those who pose national security and public safety threats.
In Vermont, multicultural liaisons play a crucial role in helping immigrant families navigate school systems.
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