From February 2017 through June 2021, more than 650,000 children under the age of 18 were held in a Border Patrol facility, including over 220,000 who were held for longer than the 72-hour limit for detention of children.
The Supreme Court rules that the Biden administration can end the Remain in Mexico policy.
This brief is the fourth of four that explore practices that service organizations are using to provide 2Gen services to immigrant and refugee families. This brief examines 2Gen practices that are rooted in cultural competence. highlighting two broad strategies: 1) providing culturally tailored services and 2) recognizing and designing for cultural differences.
This brief is the first of four explore practices that service organizations are using to provide 2Gen services to immigrant and refugee families. This brief examines 2Gen practices that allow service organizations to build trust with immigrant families, including intentionally hiring and retaining culturally competent staff and creating welcoming and safe spaces to meet and work with immigrant families.
This brief is the third of four that explore practices that service organizations are using to provide 2Gen services to immigrant and refugee families. This brief examines interventions that aim to overcome language barriers and support language acquisition for immigrant families who speak a language other than English at home, focusing on 2 primary strategies: 1) providing culturally responsive and linguistically accessible services, and 2) offering language-learning programs that meet the needs of children and their parents.
This advisory provides an overview of the SIJS-based adjustment of status process with a step-by-step guidance for both the affirmative process (i.e., for youth not in removal proceedings), and for the defensive process (i.e., for youth who are in removal proceedings).
This brief explains the Title 42 policy and its impact on border expulsions and the health and well-being of migrants, and discusses the potential implications of lifting the policy.
This brief reviews the Biden Administration’s proposed public charge rule and discusses its implications for health coverage and care of immigrant families.
This research brief explores the prevalence of mental health disorders among Hispanic parents of children, including the variation according to place of birth, and discusses strategies for improving access to mental health services for this population.
This research documents the negative impact of immigrant restrictive state legislation on access to health insurance coverage (e.g., Medicaid/CHIP) for U.S. citizen children in immigrant families.
This updated advisory provides current information about the public charge ground of inadmissibility, including discussion of what public charge is, who it applies to, how is it is evaluated, and whether it could make someone deportable.
This four-part webinar series will review acquisition and derivation of citizenship, the requirements for naturalization, and the naturalization application process.
This third annual Immigration Summit will explore the unique challenges facing immigrant children and their families as well as child-forward immigration policies, access to basic needs and mental health resources, education, and how to shift the narrative surrounding immigrants and immigration.
The Fairfax County School Board in VA has voted unanimously to implement a “trust policy,” which states that the school district will not voluntarily share information about the immigration status of students and their families with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Complaints filed on behalf of migrant children detained last year by U.S. Customs and Border Protection allege medical neglect, frigid conditions, inedible food, and verbal and physical abuse while in custody.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks to challenge the Plyler vs. Doe Supreme Court decision which requires public schools to provide education to all children, regardless of immigration status.
The U.S Dept of Health and Human Services reports that it believes it is prepared to respond to a potential influx of unaccompanied minors in the wake of the anticipated end of Title 42.
An estimated 200,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. legally as children face the potential of losing their legal status at they reach the age of 21 due to decades-long green card backlogs and lack of pathways to green cards for certain temporary visa holders.
Migrant families seeking financial compensation for the trauma inflicted by the Trump administration’s forcible family separation are being met with opposition from the U.S. government.
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