The Biden Administration’s Asylum Ban
CLINIC (June 20, 2023)
This brief reviews the Biden administration’s asylum ban, including the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule and exceptions, plus ways to rebut the presumption of asylum ineligibility.
Summary: Immigration Court Efficiency and Children’s Court Act of 2023
Kids in Need of Defense (November 1, 2023)
This policy brief reviews the Immigration Court Efficiency and Children’s Court Act of 2023 which has the potential to create a more child-friendly environment for UCs navigating the U.S. immigration system.
National Immigration Legal Services Directory
Immigration Advocates Network (n.d.)
This National Immigration Legal Services Directory enables the user to search for nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services by state, county, or detention facility.
Webinar: Creating Welcoming Spaces for Immigrant Families in Early Childhood Programs
The Center for Law and Social Policy (October 25, 2023)
This webinar reviews how child care and early education providers can create safe and welcoming environments for immigrant families, including via eligibility rules, inclusive policies and enrollment practices, and more.
Children’s Immigration Law: 2023 Round Up
ABA Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA) • December 13, 2023 • 2-3:30pm CT
This webinar will provide a review of key changes in immigration law affecting unaccompanied children over the past year.
Working Through Vicarious Trauma With Self-Care Strategies
CLINIC • December 14, 2023 • 1-2:30pm ET
This webinar will review how to identify and work through vicarious trauma and prevent burnout in the practice of immigration law.
Update on Efforts to Mitigate Child Labor Exploitation and Internal Audit on Placement Process Used to Transfer Custody of Unaccompanied Children to Vetted Sponsors
Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children & Families (June 2, 2023)
This report provides updates and recommendations on efforts on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) efforts to address concerns of child labor exploitation for unaccompanied minors release from ORR custody.
Bipartisan bill would provide kids-only immigration courts for migrant children
Julia Ainsley, NBC News (November 1, 2023)
New bipartisan legislation seeks to make the immigration court system more child-friendly for unaccompanied migrant children via training for judges, chlid-only dockets, and connections to legal services.
What happens to Guatemalan children after they’re sent back to their home country?
Julia Ainsley & Didi Martinez, NBC News (November 2, 2023)
Over 350 children have been deported to Guatemala in the past two years, and they are often dropped off in cities hours away from their homes with no financial means to get there.
New tent cities could pop up in NYC as mayor removes homeless migrants from shelters
Claire Thornton, USA Today (November 6, 2023)
Lack of capacity and new time limits on shelter stays threaten to force migrants in New York City onto the streets.
