This research documents the traumatic impacts of family separation under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.
Ready to Stay is a new national coalition providing and building legal service capacities to help immigrant families and communities access accurate information on available legal programs. They offer resources for both immigrants and advocates.
This new analysis of the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Quality Control data found that SNAP participation dropped by 22.5% (718,000+ children) among U.S. citizen children in households with a non-citizen.
DHS has announced an 18-month extension and re-designation of Yemen under Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
The Trump administration began separating migrant families in the Yuma, Arizona region of the U.S.-Mexico border months earlier than previously reported through a program known as the Criminal Consequence Initiative, resulting in the separation of at least 234 families from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2017.
Advocates are urging the Biden administration to end Title 42 expulsions, which have prevented migrants from making asylum claims and have caused them to be subject to extortion and violence in Mexico.
This opinion piece outlines 5 steps that can be taken to improve the experiences and meet the needs of unaccompanied immigrant children in schools.
The Biden administration is softening restrictions on and will not detain or arrest undocumented people who are pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
This report details the findings from a survey of long-term foster care (LTFC) and unaccompanied refugee minor (URM) program providers and highlights how the federal system departs from core child welfare principles. It also offers policy recommendations to better protect the interests of these vulnerable children.
This report reviews federal post-release services for unaccompanied minors and highlights ongoing gaps in meeting these children’s needs. It also provides recommendations for the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), state and local governments, and community providers in order to improve outcomes for unaccompanied minors.
According to a Center for Public Integrity investigation, at least 7 states have shared personal information from drivers with ICE since January 2020, raising concern about the risks of getting drivers licenses for undocumented individuals.
This four-part podcast series provides recommendations to practitioners on how to work with and provide culturally responsive care to immigrant and refugee families.
Several advocacy groups are calling for an investigation into a Massachusetts’ child welfare agency due to concerns of discrimination against immigrant families by continuous failures to provide non-English-speaking parents with interpretation.
Spanish-speaking immigrant family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) childcare providers who’ve been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic face barriers to accessing child care relief.
This webinar discusses the Young Center’s work and advocacy around the incorporation of a “best interests mandate” into federal law and policy.
This resource provides clarification in the wake of the recent ruling in State of Texas, et al., v. The United State of America, et al., on DACA.
This resource provides an evidence-based approach to support unaccompanied children immediately after their arrival to the US.
The expanded child tax credit brings much needed support to children and families with undocumented parents.
This article details the process that unaccompanied minors go through when they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, through the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and beyond.
This report discusses key challenges encountered by immigrant essential workers during the pandemic and calls for an equitable economic recovery that addresses work conditions and wages as well as improved economic opportunity via a pathway to citizenship.
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