In this webinar, Education for All Tennessee partners will share their lessons learned about how they defeated Anti-Plyler legislation.
This webinar will review updates on the current fight for unaccompanied children’s access to legal representation in immigration proceedings and the role of Child Advocates.
This page reviews Washington’s Family Separation Response Task Force, created by Governor Ferguson’s in January 2025, which works to improve statewide policies and develop resources to protect children whose parents face immigration detention or deportation.
This article explores an argument for radical reform of the child welfare system to better serve immigrant children and families who face the dual risks from immigration enforcement and child welfare involvement, proposing policy changes to improve service delivery and equity for these children and families.
This study explores access to special education and inclusive placement for young children of immigrants in Massachusetts.
This systematic review synthesized data on the detrimental impact of immigration detention on children’s mental health, including high rates of depression and PTSD, underscoring the need for alternative immigration policies that eliminate the detention of children and families.
This study explores the challenges faced by Mexican and Central American mothers and youth reunifying in the U.S. after migration-related separations, highlighting the ongoing trauma, ambiguous loss, migratory grief, and attachment disruptions that impact their relationships, while also noting mothers’ efforts to repair these bonds.
This policy brief explores how immigration enforcement and anti-immigrant policies act as adverse childhood experiences, creating negative consequences for children’s psychological, physical, and socioeconomic well-being.
This resource reviews how schools are responding to shifting immigration enforcement policies under the second Trump administration to preserve educational access for immigrant students.
This paper proposes comprehensive policy recommendations to support children in immigrant families, including access to permanent immigration status, culturally responsive mental health services, safe spaces, child-centered immigration policies, expanded access to public programs, and robust research.
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