CLASP’s “A Guide to Creating ‘Safe Space’ Policies for Early Childhood Programs” is now available in Spanish. It equips practitioners, advocates, and policymakers with information, resources, and sample policy text to help early childhood programs protect families from immigration enforcement while safeguarding their safety and privacy.
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is inviting applications for the full-time position of Staff Attorney with its Technical Assistance Program. The position is open to applicants based anywhere in the United States, with preference given to applicants in the American Southeast or in cities where the Young Center has offices: Houston, San Antonio, and Harlingen, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Washington, D.C.; Phoenix, Arizona; and Los Angeles, California.
This resource provides a comprehensive client intake form with accompanying guidance notes to help practitioners screen for immigration relief options, identify potential issues, and assess eligibility pathways during the initial assessment stage.
This resource, available in English and Spanish, provides immigrant parents with mental health support, safety planning guidance, and strategies for talking with their children during immigration enforcement, addressing the emotional toll of federal immigration policies on families and communities.
This briefing examines recent ORR policy changes, documents the barriers and extended custody times children face, presents expert psychological analysis of the harms caused, and proposes congressional solutions to improve outcomes for unaccompanied children in federal care.
This issue brief examines Trump administration and Congressional actions that restrict immigrants’ access to health coverage and care, analyzing how these changes will likely increase uninsured rates, reduce healthcare access, and negatively impact long-term health outcomes and economic productivity.
This study analyzes how ORR shelter staff interpret and implement “best interest” standards for unaccompanied children, finding that narrow compliance measures may obscure children’s lived experiences and affect their perceived deservingness of legal relief in immigration court.
This report examines how Connecticut’s state policies and services can better support immigrant integration and upward mobility, analyzing eight key areas including education, housing, healthcare, and workforce development based on interviews with state and local stakeholders.
In this article, families describe how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order disrupted their plans and prompted them to consider premature births or relocating outside the United States.
This article describes the harsh conditions of ICE detention in Texas, including ‘prison-like’ conditions such as lack of clean water, inadequate medical care and poor food.
A federal judge has issued a ruling that stops the Trump administration directive aiming to exclude certain immigrant children from Head Start.
The Trump administration has reportedly resumed family separations as a coercion tactic against immigrants and asylum seekers, with officials allegedly retaliating against those challenging deportation by misclassifying separated children as unaccompanied minors.
The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children aged 14 and older $2,500 to voluntarily return or “self deport” to their home countries, raising concerns among advocates.
This article reviews Trump administration actions against unaccompanied minors and what can be done to support this vulnerable population.
A federal judge temporarily issued an order to ICE to stop placing unaccompanied immigrant children into adult detention once they turn 18.
Immigration authorities are detaining hundreds of children beyond the federally mandated 20-day limit, with over 600 juveniles held in ICE custody during July alone.
Educators in Chicago are responding to increased federal immigration enforcement through various means, including protests, “know your rights” materials, and advocacy for remote learning options to help students without legal status avoid detention risks.
CA governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that expands caregiving options for children whose parents face deportation by allowing relatives to become guardians and enabling parents to designate temporary legal guardians. It also prohibits daycare providers from collecting immigration information.
These resources are designed to address/prevent child labor exploitation:
This brief summarizes the findings and key recommendations from a study examining immigration status documentation in California’s child welfare records for transition-age youth in foster care.
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