In Citizenship, Daisy Hernández braids memoir, history, and cultural criticism to challenge the myths surrounding American citizenship, drawing on her own family’s immigrant stories to illuminate the laws and customs we use to define who belongs, and who doesn’t.
A study of 240 immigrant families in New Mexico found that help-seeking attitudes and access to coordinated health and social services are key drivers of mental health service use, highlighting the need for culturally informed outreach and integrated care for immigrant families in the border region.
According to this Marshall Project analysis, the number of children held in ICE detention has surged more than sixfold under the second Trump administration, from an average of 25 children per day under Biden to around 170.
This policy brief argues that government-enforced family separation is not merely a regulatory decision but a traumatic severing of family bonds that undermines child welfare, destabilizes communities, and violates children’s fundamental right to safety and belonging.
This report discusses how recent policy changes within ORR that break down pathways to release are keeping children in detention for prolonged periods of time
This parent-facing brochure offers guidance on how to talk with children about immigration enforcement and raids in their communities.
This toolkit clarifies which public benefits — including SNAP, Medicaid, and Head Start — immigrant families may still be eligible for, addressing the confusion around eligibility rules that causes many families to forgo food and nutrition support they qualify for.
The Trump administration is seeking to deport five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, the Ecuadorian boy detained in Minneapolis, just days after he returned home to Minnesota following weeks at a Texas family detention facility.
A federal judge ruled that the deportation of three migrant families — who had already been separated under Trump’s first-term family separation policy — was unlawful and ordered the government to return them to the U.S.
Eight children detained with their parents at a Texas immigration facility describe their experience through letters and drawings, offering a glimpse into the suffering of the hundreds of kids currently held in detention.
Child health experts warn that immigration enforcement — which is separating families, detaining toddlers, and exposing children to violence — constitutes a public health crisis, with decades of research showing that the resulting toxic stress causes lasting damage to children’s developing brains and bodies.
At least 32 children across seven states have entered foster care after their parents were detained or deported amid record-high immigration enforcement, though the true national scale remains unknown due to a lack of comprehensive federal and state data.
Advocates are trying to defend a 40-year-old injunction that guarantees unaccompanied immigrant children the right to be informed of their legal options and contact a trusted adult before making immigration decisions — protections the Trump administration is now seeking to eliminate.
Despite objections from federal health and child welfare officials warning of inadequate specialized care, the Trump administration is funneling all pregnant unaccompanied migrant girls to a single South Texas shelter.
A Russian family who fled oppression seeking safety in America has spent four months detained at a Texas immigration facility, where they and their three children have endured conditions they never imagined possible in the U.S.
Advocates warn that a new wave of rapid deportations — with immigrants vanishing during traffic stops, school drop-offs, and commutes — amounts to a modern form of family separation, leaving children and loved ones with little to no warning before their parents are gone.
An estimated 100,000 children experienced a parent’s detention in the first ten months of 2025 — yet no system exists to identify or protect the children left behind, prompting calls for government policies to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
This webinar will explore how escalating immigration enforcement and sweeping exclusions from health coverage are threatening immigrant families’ wellbeing. Panelists will discuss the history of exclusionary health policies, recent federal and state actions, and a vision for inclusive coverage solutions.
This webinar examines how state and local governments can protect and expand language access policies as the Trump administration declares English the official language and dismantles federal language access initiatives, leaving nearly 28 million limited-English-proficient U.S. residents facing growing uncertainty.
This webinar will examine how heightened immigration enforcement is threatening the safety of immigrant students and families in schools, covering key policy changes, know-your-rights guidance, and advocacy opportunities for service providers and policymakers.
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