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Sophia Sepp

Protecting Children in Schools Against Immigration Enforcement: What Schools and Parents Can Do

By | Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Protecting Children in Schools Against Immigration Enforcement: What Schools and Parents Can Do

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 28, 2025)

This resource toolkit provides guidance for students, parents, and school administrators on how to prepare for immigration enforcement at schools while explaining the constitutional protections and educational rights that remain in place despite recent policy changes under the Trump administration.

Family separation 2.0 compounds the trauma on children of immigrants

By | In the News

Family separation 2.0 compounds the trauma on children of immigrants

Marsha Griffin, Alan Shapiro and Julie M. Linton; Los Angeles Times, MSN (July 1, 2025)

Pediatricians from the American Academy of Pediatrics share an urgent call opposing the current administration’s immigration policies, which are causing harmful family separations and detaining children in conditions that lead to severe psychological trauma, developmental regression, and inadequate healthcare.

Immigrant Youth and Legal Services Providers File Class Action Challenging Government’s Unlawful Termination of Deferred Action for Immigrant Children and Youth

By | In the News

Immigrant Youth and Legal Services Providers File Class Action Challenging Government’s Unlawful Termination of Deferred Action for Immigrant Children and Youth

National Immigration Project (July 17, 2025)

Immigrant youth and legal service providers filed a class action lawsuit challenging the termination of the deferred action policy that protected immigrant children and youth who fled their home countries due to parental neglect, abuse, and other mistreatment.

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