This book explores the ramifications of inadequate immigration policy on Mexican immigrant families. It explores the threat that deportation poses and the stigma associated with status as an immigrant.
Get the BookThis comprehensive reference offers a robust framework for introducing and sustaining trauma-responsive services and culture in child welfare systems.
Learn MoreThis guide provides an overview of cultural issues important to understanding children and family environments in Latino immigrant groups, including understanding experiences through a cultural lens.
Get the GuideThis study finds that two trends, related to significant demographic changes, are creating challenges, elevating the economic role of next generations, and converging to make investing in the health and well-being of children more important than ever.
Read Full ReportThis issue brief employs a unique MPI methodology to analyze the educational and labor force characteristics of the young adults eligible for DACA, comparing their outcomes to the overall U.S. population in the 15-32 age bracket, as well as similarly aged unauthorized immigrants ineligible for DACA.
Read the BriefThe Pew Research Center regularly publishes statistical portraits of the U.S.’s foreign-born population. This article answers some key questions about the U.S. immigrant population.
Read the ArticleThe Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit that researches and advocates changes in the criminal justice system, launched the Safety and Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) Cities Network this past week. The cities and counties making up the network will be providing legal counsel for immigrants facing deportation proceedings.
Read the StoryThe Rational Middle and the Center for Houston’s Future have teamed up to tackle the contentious issue of immigration and to help catalyze a discussion about sensible immigration reform by releasing a web series. The first two episodes of “Rational Middle: Immigration” discuss the challenges and opportunities of fixing the broken immigration system. These episodes are now streaming.
View the EpisodesThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will be terminating protections for 2,500 Nicaraguans as of January 2019. The DHS has yet to come to a decision about whether or not they will extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for 57,000 Hondurans, as well as thousands of immigrants from El Salvador and Haiti.
Read the StoryJerry Milner, the Acting Commissioner of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, answers questions regarding a range of issues including maltreatment prevention, federal finance reform and the future of the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process, as follow up to an interview that took place earlier this fall.
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