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Webinar: Messaging Research & Recommendations – Building Support for Immigrant Children & Families

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Webinar: Messaging Research & Recommendations – Building Support for Immigrant Children & Families

Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, CLASP, CTAN, and Goodwin Simon Strategic Research Feb 19, 2026 12pm PT/3pm ET

This webinar will share new messaging research to help advocates effectively communicate with audiences about the challenges faced by children in immigrant families during heightened enforcement.

Webinar: Caring Through Hard Times – Supporting Immigrant Families & Ourselves

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Webinar: Caring Through Hard Times – Supporting Immigrant Families & Ourselves

NASW Texas Chapter February 27, 2026 • 7amPT/10amET

This session will train social workers in culturally responsive, trauma-informed approaches for supporting immigrant clients facing fear, separation, and legal uncertainty during heightened enforcement, while also addressing practitioners’ own wellbeing through self-care and collective care strategies to prevent burnout.

Call for Papers: Democracy and the Nature of Familial and Unaccompanied Mobilities in the 21st Century

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Call for Papers: Democracy and the Nature of Familial and Unaccompanied Mobilities in the 21st Century

University of Virginia • March 1, 2026

This University of Virginia conference (April 24-26, 2026) invites papers examining familial and unaccompanied migration to the U.S. through humanities and social sciences lenses, exploring how border securitization, migrant experiences, and shifting democratic norms intersect with issues of detention, deportation, and the political framing of undocumented migrants.

 

Trump deportation campaign will leave lasting mark on kids of detained parents, experts say

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Trump deportation campaign will leave lasting mark on kids of detained parents, experts say

Cindy Hernandez & Mary Norkol, Chicago Sun Times (January 2, 2026)

The Trump administration’s deportation campaign in Chicago has caused heightened anxiety and panic attacks in immigrant communities, with families reporting immediate and lasting physical and emotional impacts on children whose parents were detained, even after reunification.

Hundreds of judges reject Trump’s mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight

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Hundreds of judges reject Trump’s mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight

Kyle Cheney, Politico (January 5, 2026)

Over 300 federal judges have rejected the Trump administration’s six-month effort to expand mandatory detention of nearly all immigrants in deportation proceedings, ordering release or bond hearings in more than 1,600 cases they deemed illegal or unconstitutional.

The Fear is Everywhere: U.S. High School Principals Report Widespread Effects of Immigration Enforcement

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The Fear is Everywhere: U.S. High School Principals Report Widespread Effects of Immigration Enforcement

John Rogers and Joseph Kahne, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (December 2025)

This report, based on a national survey of 606 high school principals ,examines how intensified immigration enforcement during the early months of Trump’s second term affected U.S. schools.

Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families

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Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families

Leisy J. Abrego & Lucia León, Annual Review of Sociology (January 23, 2025)

This review examines how the complex U.S. immigration system affects immigrant families’ access to opportunity, health, education, and safety. It urges scholars to study impacts from the migration journey through settlement while centering ethics in research with families made vulnerable by immigration laws.

Potential “Chilling Effects” of Public Charge and Other Immigration Policies on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

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Potential “Chilling Effects” of Public Charge and Other Immigration Policies on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

Samantha Artiga, Drishti Pillai, Sammy Cervantes, Akash Pillai, and Matthew Rae; Kaiser Family Foundation (December 2, 2025)

This brief examines how public charge and other immigration policies may discourage immigrants from enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.

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