2025 Changes to Eligibility for Key Programs by Immigration Status
Protecting Immigrant Families (February 12, 2026)
This resource summarizes recent changes to healthcare, nutrition, and other public benefit programs by immigration status.
Promoting the rights of immigrant children through state and local action
Children’s Rights (March 4, 2026)
This policy brief summarizes how recent federal immigration policies threaten children’s well-being through family separation and detention, and outlines state and local strategies to protect children’s rights and support immigrant families.
Family Separation as Policy: The Human Cost for Children
Victoria Walker, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (February 6, 2026)
This policy brief argues that government-enforced family separation is not merely a regulatory decision but a traumatic severing of family bonds that undermines child welfare, destabilizes communities, and violates children’s fundamental right to safety and belonging.
Dismantling Protections: How ORR Policy Changes Trap Children in Extended Detention
Jonathan Beier, Ruben Ortiz, and Kofi Forkuo-Sekyere; Acacia Center for Justice (September 2025)
This report discusses how recent policy changes within ORR that break down pathways to release are keeping children in detention for prolonged periods of time
Policies that harm or help? How anti-immigrant policies threaten and deepen inequalities for immigrant children, youth, and families
Dr. Sophia Rodriguez, The Institute of Human Development and Social Change (2026)
This policy analysis reviews the exclusionary policies impacting immigrant youth and their families.
Child-Family Separation and Immigration Enforcement in the United States
Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues (January 14, 2026)
This webinar addresses the 2025 surge in immigration enforcement that has separated hundreds of thousands of children from detained or deported parents, discussing child and family rights, legislative oversight, and family-centered response strategies.
Bulletin Brief: Immigration Courts Under Attack
Appleseed Network (October 29, 2025)
This bulletin brief explains how the Trump administration is limiting non-citizens’ access to the immigration courts, especially by arresting them outside of courtrooms.
Potential “Chilling Effects” of Public Charge and Other Immigration Policies on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment
Samantha Artiga, Drishti Pillai, Sammy Cervantes, Akash Pillai, and Matthew Rae; Kaiser Family Foundation (December 2, 2025)
This brief examines how public charge and other immigration policies may discourage immigrants from enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.
A Timeline: Tracking How the Second Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Protections for Unaccompanied Children
Kids in Need of Defense (October 6, 2025)
This timeline follows the policy changes that have eroded child welfare and anti-trafficking safeguards for children seeking safety in the United States during the 2nd Trump administration.
Public Charge: What Advocates Need to Know About the November 2025 Proposed Rule
National Immigration Law Center (November 18, 2025)
This resource provides an FAQ for advocates about the new public charge rule proposed in November 2025.
