What unaccompanied immigrant kids need
Josie Cardoso-Rojo, NY Daily News (June 8, 2022)
A KIND attorney describes the barriers to education access experienced by many unaccompanied minors and potential solutions.
Advocates: Schools need more funding to better communicate with immigrant families
Jillian Jorgensen, NY1 (June 9, 2022)
Advocates in NY call for more funding to support communication and language access for immigrant families in public schools.
Five Years Later, Work of Reuniting Families Separated at US-Mexico Border Remains Unfinished
Aline Baros, VOA News (June 11, 2022)
Five years after the systematic separation of over 5,000 immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, 180 children still have yet to be reunited with their parents.
A landmark case ensuring education to undocumented children turns 40
Raul Reyes, NBC News (June 13, 2022)
This month marked the 40th anniversary of the Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court case, which ensured access to public education for all children regardless of immigration status.
Gov. DeSantis Executive Order ends foster care program for unaccompanied migrant children
Thomas Forester, MyCBS4 (June 13, 2022)
A Florida provider of temporary care for unaccompanied children (UC) has ended its program as a result of Governor DeSantis’ executive order directing the state’s Department of Children and Families not to renew the licenses of providers who temporarily house UCs.
Supreme Court punts on case tied to Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule for immigrants
Josh Gerstein, Politico (June 15, 2022)
The Supreme Court has declined to issue a ruling on whether Republican-led states have the authority to defend the Trump administration’s public charge rule issued.
‘No Place for a Child’: 1 in 3 Migrants Held in Border Patrol Facilities Is a Minor
Anna Flagg and Julia Preston, Politico (June 16, 2022)
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.
Supreme Court says Biden can end Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy
Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (June 30, 2022)
The Supreme Court rules that the Biden administration can end the Remain in Mexico policy.
Cultural Competency Secrets to Success with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, Migration Policy Institute, and Higher Heights Consulting (April 2022)
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.
Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, Migration Policy Institute, and Higher Heights Consulting (April 2022)
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.
Growing Language Skills with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, Migration Policy Institute, and Higher Heights Consulting (April 2022)
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.
Adjustment of Status through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
Andrew Craycroft and Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (March 29, 2022)
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).
Title 42 and its Impact on Migrant Families
Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (May 26, 2022)
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.
2022 Changes to the Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule and the Implications for Health Care
Drishti Pillai & Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (May 4, 2022)
This brief reviews the Biden Administration’s proposed public charge rule and discusses its implications for health coverage and care of immigrant families.
The Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Among Latino Parents
María A. Ramos-Olazagasti and C. Andrew Conway, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (May 19, 2022)
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.
Do state laws reduce uptake of Medicaid/CHIP by U.S. citizen children in immigrant families: evaluating evidence for a chilling effect
Sylvia E. Twersky, International Journal for Equity in Health (April 12, 2022)
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.
An Overview of Public Charge
ILRC Attorneys, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 4, 2022)
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.
Webinar Series: Overview of Citizenship: Acquisition, Derivation and Naturalization
CLINIC • June 7, 2022 – June 28, 2022 • 2pm-3:30pm ET
This four-part webinar series will review acquisition and derivation of citizenship, the requirements for naturalization, and the naturalization application process.
National Immigration Summit: Centering the Needs of Children & Families
June 23, 2022 • 10am – 1pm CST
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.
