Explainer: Public Charge Memo September 8, 2025
Protecting Immigrant Families (September 8, 2025)
This explainer reviews the current status of the public charge rule, emphasizing that the Biden era policy remains in place.
The Budget Reconciliation Law will harm unaccompanied children and families
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (August 14, 2025)
This resources describes the impacts of the budget reconciliation law on immigrant child and families.
Trump Administration 2.0 Immigration Updates
ABA Children’s Immigration Law Academy (July 29, 2025)
This resource provides a summary of the executive orders and other policies impacting unaccompanied children in the first six months of the Trump administration.
Anti-Child and Anti-Family: How the Trump Administration is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us.
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (June 3, 2025)
This explainer details how the Trump administration’s policies prioritizing enforcement and family separation are harming children, particularly immigrant children, while governments are also reducing childhood protections and subjecting teens to adult consequences for political purposes.
The 2025 ICE Detained Parents Directive Vs. the 2022 ICE Parental Interests Directive
Women’s Refugee Commission (July 2025)
This brief provides a side-by-side comparison of the key differences between the 2022 and 2025 versions of the Detained Parents/Parental Interests Directive.
New Policy Bars Many Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants from a Broad Range of Federal Health and Social Supports
Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (July 21, 2025)
This resource reviews the new HSS rule, which expands the definition of “federal public benefits” to include 13 additional programs that are now restricted to immigrants with “qualified” status, immediately barring many lawfully present and undocumented immigrants from accessing various health care, educational, and social services.
Five Ways the House Reconciliation Bill Will Be Catastrophic for Immigrant Women and Families
Women’s Refugee Commission (May 19, 2025)
This issue brief explains the harmful impacts of the House Reconciliation bill for immigrant women, children, and families, including stripping healthcare coverage for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, decimating legal protections for Unaccompanied Children, and expanding ICE’s detention capacity.
Immigration Enforcement at All Costs: How the Trump Administration is Endangering Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and National Immigrant Justice Center (May 25, 2025)
This explainer discusses how Congress and the administration have been undermining ORR’s ability to focus on child welfare, family reunification, and safety by tying ORR operations to immigration enforcement actions and provides recommendations on what can be done to support unaccompanied children.
The Health Costs to Children of Stepped-Up U.S. Immigration Enforcement
Valerie Lacarte, Migration Policy Institute (June 2025)
This article reviews the health impacts of recent immigration enforcement policy changes, such as the elimination of the sensitive locations policy, on children in immigrant families.
Potential Impacts of Mass Detention and Deportation Efforts on the Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Families
Akash Pillai, Drishti Pillai, and Samantha Artiga; Kaiser Family Foundation (February 6, 2025)
This brief analyzes the potential negative effects of increased immigration enforcement under the Trump administration on family health, well-being, and the long-term stability of communities, the workforce, and the economy.
