American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition
Chicago, Sept 16-19, 2017
Features organization plenary sessions on the opioid epidemic, immigrant child health, advocacy and gun safety, among 350 other sessions.
Learn MoreSeminar: Working Successfully with Immigrant Families
An Ethical Collaborative Approach Addressing the Intersection of Child Welfare and Immigration Enforcement
Aug. 25, 2017
NASW-Arizona, Tucson.
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Immigration Status and the Healthcare Access and Health of Children of Immigrants
Julia Gelatt, Social Science Quarterly, Mar 9, 2016
This study examines how children’s and parents’ immigration status (U.S. born, legal immigrant, or undocumented) is associated with children’s access to insurance and healthcare and with children’s physical health. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)
Read the AbstractMultigenerational Punishment: Shared Experiences of Undocumented Immigration Status Within Mixed-Status Families
Laura Enriquez, Journal of Marriage and Family (April 2015)
U.S. citizen children and their undocumented parents often share risks and limitations associated with undocumented immigration status, characterized here as multigenerational punishment, a distinct form of legal violence where the sanctions intended for a specific population spill over to negatively affect individuals who are not targeted by laws. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)
Read the AbstractHow Many People are at Risk of Losing Their Temporary Protected Status?
Royce Murray, Am Immigration Council (July 26, 2017)
More than a fifth of TPS holders arrived as children under 16 and now have families with citizen children.
Read the StoryAnti-Poverty Advocates Applaud Introduction of the Dream Act of 2017: Bill Provides a Path Forward for Immigrant Youth
CLASP (July 20, 2017)
Bill provides opportunity for those who immigrated as youths to have path toward citizenship.
Read the ArticleMA’s highest court declares immigration detainers are unenforceable
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Am Immigration Council (July 28, 2017)
MA Supreme Court rules court officers may not arrest and detain immigrants based solely on a detainer.
Read the StoryTrump administration targeting children is a new low
Kate Shepherd, Am Immigration Council (July 27, 2017)
Broad labeling of immigrant children as criminal by current administration is both inaccurate and unjust.
Read the StorySummer camp in Iowa City held with immigrant children in mind
Michaela Ramm, The Gazette (July 21, 2017)
In response to the stress felt in immigrant communities following President Donald Trump’s election and his executive orders, community members created a camp to support kids and their families to combat the stress they experience.
Read the StoryU.S. immigration raids to target teenaged suspected gang members
Julia Edwards Ainsley, Reuters (July 21, 2017)
Raids planned in July targeted immigrant teens simply suspected of gang activity or membership.
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