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ACLU files class action against ICE, President Trump detainment policy

By | Detention, ICE, In the News, Legal/Law

ACLU files class action against ICE, President Trump detainment policy

Erin McCarthy Holliday, Jurist (April 12, 2018)

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit against President Trump and other administration officials on behalf of a Rhode Island resident and Guatemalan native, along with six similarly-situated plaintiffs, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The lawsuit argues that ICE’s efforts to detain and remove the non-citizens in the suit violates the rights of all petitioners under the due process and equal protection guarantees of the US Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act and its regulations, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

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New Border Policies Could Have a Big Impact on Families, Children, and Asylum Seekers

By | In the News

New Border Policies Could Have a Big Impact on Families, Children, and Asylum Seekers

Joshua Breisblatt, American Immigration Council (April 10, 2018)

Undocumented immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border increasingly consist of asylum seekers fleeing record levels of violence in Central America. But the Trump administration’s response to this humanitarian crisis has been unforgiving. In fact, the administration has recently made two policy announcements with the goal of further criminalizing immigrants apprehended crossing the border, as well as keeping them in immigration detention indefinitely.

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Hundreds of Immigrant Children Have Been Taken From Parents at U.S. Border

By | In the News

Hundreds of Immigrant Children Have Been Taken From Parents at U.S. Border

Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times (April 20, 2018)

This article discusses how immigrant children are being separated from their parents upon arrival to the U.S. border and provides an estimate of 700 children that have been separated from their parents since October 2017.

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Parental Perspectives on Parent–Child Conflict and Acculturation in Iranian Immigrants in California

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

Parental Perspectives on Parent–Child Conflict and Acculturation in Iranian Immigrants in California

Elmira Jannati and Stuart Allen, The Family Journal (February 1, 2018)

Iranians have settled in a number of areas in the United States, especially Southern California and Texas, and experience substantial prejudice as a result of perceptions of their religion and national origin. This study explored the relationship between Iranian immigrant parents’ acculturation and the level of conflict they experience with their U.S.-born children.

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Immigration Trauma

By | Opportunities

Immigration Trauma

Priska Imberti, LCSW-R, BCC, Ackerman Institute for the Family
May 11, 2018 • 10:00am – 4:00pm

The continuing public debate on immigration too often obscures the traumatic losses immigrants experience when they move here – loss of family, friends, professional status, language, culture, and sense of belonging. In this workshop, Priska Imberti, LCSW-R, BCC will deepen participants’ understanding of the stresses and hardships inherent in the immigration journey, and discuss ways that participants can connect with immigrants, convey respect and encouragement, and coach them in self-empowerment

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