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Detained or Deported: What About My Children?

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Detained or Deported: What About My Children?

Women’s Refugee Commission (February 26, 2025)

This toolkit provides detained and deported parents with crucial information for protecting and maintaining parental rights and making decisions regarding the care of their children. It also provides practitioners and family members with information to ensure that family unity and children’s best interests are taken into consideration in immigration decisions.

Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families

By | Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families

Leisy J. Abrego & Lucia León, Annual Review of Sociology (January 23, 2025)

This review encourages scholars to broaden their research beyond the impacts of federal, state, and local laws on immigrant families to include experiences during the migration journey and at the border as these are also influenced by US immigration policies.

Duration in Immigration Detention and Health Harms

By | Detention, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

Duration in Immigration Detention and Health Harms

Altaf Saadi, Caitlin Patler, & Paola Langer; JAMA Network Open (January 24, 2025)

This study explores the association between duration of immigration detention and subsequent health outcomes, finding high prevalence of poor self-rated health, mental illness, and PTSD among recently detained US immigrants.

Five Things to Know About the Executive Order Targeting Immigrants and Federal Assistance Programs

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Five Things to Know About the Executive Order Targeting Immigrants and Federal Assistance Programs

Ben D’Avanzo, National Immigration Law Center (February 20, 2025)

This article analyses the new executive order “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders,” which claims to target undocumented immigrants’ access to government assistance.

Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All

Lynn Damiano Pearson, National Immigration Law Center (February 26, 2025)

This factsheet reviews the protected areas policy, current applicable laws, and strategies for advocates and communities to ensure immigrants can continue accessing vital community resources and services.

A Toolkit for Professionals Serving Unaccompanied Children Experiencing Labor Exploitation

By | Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Unaccompanied Minors

A Toolkit for Professionals Serving Unaccompanied Children Experiencing Labor Exploitation

Kids in Need of Defense (January 6, 2025)

The CARE Intervention Toolkit equips professionals with a four-component framework—Connect, Assess, Respond, and Educate—to support unaccompanied children and youth in exploitative labor situations using principles of evidence-based Psychological First Aid.

The Laken Riley Act & Juvenile Delinquency

By | Detention, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight

The Laken Riley Act & Juvenile Delinquency

Kathy Brady, Rachel Prandini, and Aruna Sury, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (February 7, 2025)

This practice advisory analyzes whether juvenile delinquency acts would trigger the mandatory immigration detention provisions of the Laken Riley Act, arguing they should not based on longstanding immigration precedent.

The 2016 United States Election and Financial Support to Migrant-Serving Legal-Aid Organizations

By | Research, Research Highlight

The 2016 United States Election and Financial Support to Migrant-Serving Legal-Aid Organizations

Juan Pedroza, Stephanie Potochnick, and Robert Santillano; International Migration Review (January 12, 2025)

This study explores how the 2016 election impacted immigrant-serving community-based organizations, finding that migrant-legal CBOs mobilized against the anti-immigrant environment to secure and maintain funding.

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