Q&A: Unaccompanied children need legal representation
Acacia Center for Justice, Smart Brief (September 12, 2024)
This Q&A explores the importance of legal representation for unaccompanied children coming to the U.S.
What Can Play Therapy Offer Immigrant Children?
Lyrica Fils-Aimé, Psychology Today (September 13, 2024)
Play therapy can offer many benefits to immigrant and first generation children who experience various immigration-related stressors.
One Unaccompanied Minor’s Journey to the US Sparks Hope in California’s Pilot Program
Lauren DeLaunay Miller, KQED (September 13, 2024)
A new model program in CA called the Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project provides wraparound services to immigrant youth, integrating both social services and legal aid.
Kids who migration left behind: The challenging rescue of children who have been victims of violence in Mexico
Carla Gloria Colome, El País (September 15, 2024)
An advocate helps reunite children who have been separated from their parents and left in vulnerable situations in their homelands.
Report reveals ‘systemic child abuse’ of unaccompanied immigrant children by CBP
Carola Guerrero De León, The Latin Times (September 16, 2024)
A new report details hundreds of reports of abuse of unaccompanied immigrant children by Border Patrol in AZ and CA.
Young girl reunites with family in Waukegan after crossing into country from southern border
Vi Nguyen, NBC Chicago (September 19, 2024)
A 12-year-old unaccompanied minor is finally reunited with her family in the Chicago area after challenges navigating the ORR system.
Immigrant families reunited after decades apart through international nonprofit
Crystal Bailey, KTVU Fox 2 (September 20, 2024)
A non-profit organization, International Convention on Human Rights and Migration, works with government officials to reunite immigrant families through a program called Palomas Mensajeras.
ISS International Conference: Throughout time, across borders: Navigating child protection and restoring family links
International Social Service • October 9, 2024 • 9am – 6pm CET
This ISS International Conference will explore issues related to children on the move, family based care, the future of child protection and social work, and more.
Film Screening & Panel Discussion: “All We Carry”
UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare • Haviland Hall 340 • October 8th, 4:30pm-7pm PT
The UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and the CICW will host a film screening and panel discussion of the documentary All We Carry, which follows a Honduran family’s extraordinary journey as they flee persecution from narcotraffickers, endure months in US detention, and await their asylum verdict in Seattle. We invite all in the Bay Area to join us for this special event! More info here.
Immigrant Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Practices with Immigrants: A Training Series for Community Practitioners and Organizations
Center on Immigration and Child Welfare, NMSU School of Social Work (September 2024)
This 5-module online asynchronous, self-paced course explores how service organizations and practitioners can implement policies and practices to increase inclusivity of immigrant families, and how trauma-informed practice can be tailored to address the unique experiences of immigrant families. It also includes discussion of a model for implementing immigrant specialist navigators within organizations. 6 free cultural social work CEUs available. Learn more here: https://cimmcw.org/immigrant-inclusivity-training/ or enroll at the link above.
Kids in Care: Unaccompanied Children in Federal Government Custody
Lauren Heidbrink & Sarah Diaz, Loyola University Chicago (September 2024)
This report details findings and recommendations from an 18-month interdisciplinary study that explored the conditions of care for unaccompanied children in federal custody.
Protecting Immigrant Children: A Public Health of Consequence
Farzana Kapadia, American Journal of Public Health (February 21, 2024)
This article explores how policies, practices, and anti-immigrant rhetoric have eroded the safety and well-being of immigrant children and their families and provides recommendations to address these negative impacts.
Cruel Indifference: Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border Before and After Zero Tolerance
Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, UCLA School of Law (June 2024)
This white paper explores two misconceptions: 1) that family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border began under the Trump administration; and 2) that they ended with the election of President Biden, arguing that family separation has been a longtime feature of CBP enforcement, and continues today.
Issue Brief: Insights from OIG’s Work on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Efforts to Care for Unaccompanied Children
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (March 7, 2024)
This issue brief provides insights from the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) oversight of ORR’s Unaccompanied Children Program.
Newcomer Immigrant Children’s Access to K-12 Education
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (July 31, 2024)
This policy brief provides background on policies and issues impacting immigrant children’s access to K-12 education in the U.S.
Employment-Based Immigration Visas for DACA Recipients
Krsna Avila & Dan Berger, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 31, 2024)
This practice advisory reviews common employment-based visa options for DACA recipients.
Advancing Protections for Unaccompanied Children
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (August 15, 2024)
This guide is a comprehensive resource on issues impacting unaccompanied children and the importance of advancing protections for this vulnerable group.
U.S. pauses migrant sponsorship program due to fraud concerns
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (August 2, 2024)
The Biden administration has paused a migrant sponsorship policy that allows up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to fly to the U.S. each month if they have U.S. sponsors.
Undocumented kids have a right to attend public schools. This coalition wants to keep it that way.
Kalyn Belsha, Youth Today (August 5, 2024)
A campaign called Known as Education for All is working to counteract proposals to limit the educational rights of undocumented children, which are protected under the 1982 Supreme Court decision Plyler v. Doe.
Texas Gov. Abbott instructs hospitals to collect data on patients’ immigration status
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (August 8, 2024)
Texas Governor Abbott signed an executive order requiring hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status in order to determine the costs of providing medical care to undocumented immigrants.
