These guides and reports provide information about family separation, safety planning, and child welfare for families facing detention and deportation. The documents provide tools for preventing family separation and resources for families caught between the immigration and child welfare systems. Available in English and Spanish.
This updated guide provides information and resources to design and implement “safe space” policies that protect early childhood programs against immigration enforcement, and includes sample policy text.
This manual, originally published in 2012, and accompanying resources address potential issues immigrant families may confront in the face of deportation and provide guidance for supporting immigrant families facing immigration enforcement. It is in the process of being updated for 2025.
This study explores the community-level factors that facilitate the adjustment of unaccompanied immigrant children placed ORR foster care.
This article examines how U.S.-born children of immigrant mothers are undercounted in the census due to factors like language barriers, fear of deportation, and cultural stigmas, impacting resource allocation and political representation.
This resource outlines key actions the Biden administration can take to protect unaccompanied children as Title 42 ends.
This policy brief discusses the importance of legal representation for unaccompanied children in the U.S. to protect them from labor exploitation.
This training prepares attorneys to assist immigrant survivors of domestic violence who are eligible for VAWA and provides practical tips for trauma-informed lawyering with these clients.
This practice advisory reviews recent changes to the Visa Bulletin impacting SIJS and implications for representing youth seeking SIJS.
As a result of Migrant Protection Protocols along with Title 42, families are unable to safely seek asylum leading to an increased rate of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S. border.
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