The Trump administration is unable to account for the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 migrant children who illegally entered the United States alone this year and were placed with sponsors after leaving federal shelters.
Read MoreThis report builds on a previous report that documented the impact of the Trump administration immigration policy environment on immigrant families’ health and wellbeing by exploring the direct impacts of detention and deportation on family finances, health, and well-being.
Trump administration officials told a Senate panel that a decades-old court ruling that limits the length of time migrant children can be detained hampers the government’s ability to stem illegal immigration, and needs to be amended by Congress.
Read MoreThis document reviews key Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign messages and talking points related to communicating with immigrant communities about the Trump era public charge rule.
This Practice Advisory answers common questions about the risks of filing affirmative SIJS cases for youth in a variety of scenarios, such as when the youth has a delinquency history, the youth is over the age of 18, or the youth is alleged to be gang-involved.
This webinar will provide an overview of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, a humanitarian form of immigration relief for children who have been abandoned, abused or neglected by a parent. Other issues will be discussed, including trends in USCIS adjudications and immigration courts. Registration closes September 26th.
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An issue brief on the Flores Settlement Agreement and President Trump’s executive order to detain children together with their parents while criminal or immigration proceedings are being resolved.
This NEW CICW research brief summarizes recent findings on the negative consequences of parental incarceration on children and families, identifies the connection to detention of immigrant parents, and provides practice and policy recommendations.
This CICW research brief reviews the existing literature on the impacts of immigration detention on children and families, and provides recommendations to support and promote their well-being.
A collection of one-page fact sheets on immigration options for undocumented immigrant children.
A webinar on supporting immigrant students in universities, with the aim of promoting network-based collaboration on issues facing immigrants and refugees.
Register HereAccording to the Department of Health and Human Services, a tent camp for migrant children in the desert outside El Paso will expand to accommodate a growing number of Central American children crossing the border.
Read MoreThe expected public charge rule could have wide-reaching effects on legal immigration to the United States and lead to a sharp drop in use of public benefits by legally present non-citizens and their dependents. This report analyzes use of public benefits by non-citizens, naturalized citizens, and the U.S. born to understand the potential magnitude of the draft proposed rule’s effects.
This article takes an in depth look at shelters for immigrant minors, showing struggles with accountability and consistent monitoring after their rapid expansion.
Read MoreMore than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents and under the federal government’s care, according to court documents filed this week.
Read MoreThe Trump administration is proposing to lift court-imposed limits on how long it can hold children in immigration detention. Under proposed regulations, the administration seeks to replace the Flores settlement, a decades-old agreement that dictates how long the government can hold migrant children, and under what conditions.
Read MoreInternal documents reveal despair and tedium in one of the nation’s largest shelter networks for unaccompanied minors.
Read MoreLawyers are asking President Donald Trump’s administration to pay for mental health treatment for kids who were separated from the parents at the U.S. border, arguing the children will suffer lifelong psychological damage at the hands of a “malicious” administration.
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