Head Start will be cut off for immigrants without legal status, Trump administration says
Annie Ma, AP News (July 10, 2025)
A new HHS rule will restrict immigrant access to Head Start and other federal public benefits.
Advocates Fear US Agents Are Using ‘Wellness Checks’ on Children as a Prelude to Arrests
Fola Akinnibi & Rachel Adams-Heard, Bloomberg (July 14, 2025)
Advocates are concerned that “wellness checks” being conducted on unaccompanied minors by federal officials may be used to lay the groundwork for future arrests.
The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’
Stephanie McCrummen, The Atlantic (July 16, 2025)
The Trump administration is using a systematic approach to curtail protections for undocumented minors.
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.
An American toddler in foster care, a mom in ICE detention
Kristina Cooke & Ted Hesson, Reuters (July 22, 2025)
When an immigrant mother’s brief jail sentence turned into over four months in immigration detention, her son ended up in foster care for an extended period.
Exclusive: Trump administration moves to rapidly deport migrant children, asking teens if they want to leave
Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (July 23, 2025)
The Trump administration is having federal agents ask unaccompanied migrant teens if they want to voluntarily leave the country as a way to speed up deportations, according to government officials.
Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling since high court decision
Michael Casey, AP News (July 25, 2025)
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents in the third nationwide court ruling against the order since a June Supreme Court decision.
ICE deported teenagers and children in immigration raids. Here are their stories.
Kayla Jimenez, USA Today (July 27, 2025)
Several students who were enrolled in U.S. K-12 schools last year will not be returning this fall because ICE has deported them to other countries.
Immigrant kids detained in “unsafe and unsanitary” sites as Trump administration seeks to end protections
Sandy West, CBS News (July 28, 2025)
Immigrant children are being held in “unsafe and unsanitary” detention facilities with inadequate medical care while the Trump administration seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement that has mandated basic protections and oversight for detained immigrant children since 1997.
Standing With Families, Defending Immigrant Rights: A Conversation On Support, Safety and Resources
UCLA Pritzker Center • August 6, 2025 • 12:00PDT/3pmEDT
This panel, featuring CICW Director Kristina Lovato, will provide practical strategies for supporting immigrant families and children during increased immigration enforcement, covering topics like discussing raids with children, creating family preparedness plans, and accessing resources for the back-to-school season.
