Child Tax Credit State and National Fact Sheets
Child Thrive Action Network (May 12, 2025)
These one-page fact sheets provide updated estimates on the millions of children in mixed-status families who are at risk of losing their benefits.
The New Registration Requirement: Frequently Asked Questions
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (April 11, 2025)
This resource reviews the Trump administration’s new registration requirement for non-citizens.
Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff
United We Dream, the National Immigration Law Center, the Center for Law and Social Policy, Kids in Need of Defense and Social Policy and the AFT (May 2025)
This guide provides tools and resources to help support and prepare youth and families in case of immigration enforcement actions.
Know Your Rights: Officer Interaction
International Rescue Committee (May 2025)
This know your rights resource provides guidance on what to do in an interaction with an immigration enforcement official in the event of a “welfare check” on unaccompanied children.
Mothers deported by Trump ‘denied’ chance to transfer custody of children, lawyer says
Maanvi Singh, The Guardian (April 28, 2025)
Two Honduran women, deported with their US citizen children, were denied the chance to coordinate the care and custody of their children prior to removal.
A Mother and Father Were Deported. What Happened to Their Toddler?
Julie Turkewitz and Isayen Herrera, The New York Times (April 29, 2025)
A two-year-old child was forcibly separated from her parents by the Trump administration, with her mother deported to Venezuela and her father imprisoned in El Salvador.
The Long-Lasting Trauma of Family Detention Centers
Dolores K. Schroeder, Time (April 30, 2025)
Advocates raise concerns about conditions for children in federal government custody and the resulting long-lasting trauma family detention causes.
As Trump rushes to deport migrants, many worry children’s rights are being violated
Silvia Foster-Frau, The Washington Post (May 3, 2025)
Fear of child separation policies and concerns of children’s right violations are growing in the wake of recent deportations of US-citizen children.
Door knocks and DNA tests: How the Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids
Amanda Seitz & Alanna Durkin Richer, AP News (May 5, 2025)
The Trump administration is conducting a nationwide review of 450,000 unaccompanied migrant children, under the guise of ensuring their safety, raising concerns among advocates that the review may be used to deport sponsors or children without documentation.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Policy on Migrant Children
Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg (May 9, 2025)
Advocacy groups are suing the Trump Administration to challenge new procedures that have tripled the time migrant children spend in government custody before reunification with sponsors.
