A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s request to end the Flores Settlement Agreement, which provides protections to immigrant children in federal custody.
In this podcast episode, social work scholars examine immigration policy in Texas and provide practical strategies for social workers to resist and respond to these policies.
Immigration authorities have detained nearly 50 children in the New York City area since January, and at least 38 of them have been deported.
Current U.S. immigration policies are using children as enforcement tool by accessing shelter data to target sponsors for detention and deportation, causing families to withdraw from sponsoring children, leaving kids stranded in shelters longer, and creating vulnerabilities to trafficking.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, giving lawyers 14 more days to work the case and preventing any children from being removed during the next two weeks.
The conference, with in-person and virtual options, will bring together leading experts, policymakers, attorneys, and advocates to engage in policy and legal analysis and discussion of some of the most important immigration issues that have surfaced in the U.S. policy debate.
This self-paced online training for child welfare professionals and other stakeholders draws from successful immigrant-serving child welfare models across the U.S. to address the unique challenges and opportunities that arise when working with immigrant children and families in the child welfare system. Three free Social Work CEUs are also available.
This practice advisory reviews the 2025 Detained Parents Directive and provides recommendations to child welfare administrators and practitioners on how to utilize the Directive to advocate for immigrant children and families.
This free comprehensive online training addresses the unique challenges and opportunities when working with immigrant children and families in the child welfare system. It is geared toward child welfare agency administrators, practitioners, and other stakeholders. Three free social work CEUs are available from the NMSU School of Social Work.
This policy brief examines the impacts on immigrant children and families of the Trump administration’s immigration-related actions during his first 100 days in office, and proposes solutions to protect their health and wellbeing.
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