Expose and Disrupt
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (September 24, 2024)
This guide reviews how state Public Records Act (PRA) requests can be used to advocate against immigration enforcement.
Protecting Immigrant Children: A Public Health of Consequence
Farzana Kapadia, American Journal of Public Health (February 21, 2024)
This article explores how policies, practices, and anti-immigrant rhetoric have eroded the safety and well-being of immigrant children and their families and provides recommendations to address these negative impacts.
Cruel Indifference: Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border Before and After Zero Tolerance
Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, UCLA School of Law (June 2024)
This white paper explores two misconceptions: 1) that family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border began under the Trump administration; and 2) that they ended with the election of President Biden, arguing that family separation has been a longtime feature of CBP enforcement, and continues today.
Issue Brief: Insights from OIG’s Work on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Efforts to Care for Unaccompanied Children
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (March 7, 2024)
This issue brief provides insights from the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) oversight of ORR’s Unaccompanied Children Program.
Newcomer Immigrant Children’s Access to K-12 Education
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (July 31, 2024)
This policy brief provides background on policies and issues impacting immigrant children’s access to K-12 education in the U.S.
Employment-Based Immigration Visas for DACA Recipients
Krsna Avila & Dan Berger, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 31, 2024)
This practice advisory reviews common employment-based visa options for DACA recipients.
Advancing Protections for Unaccompanied Children
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (August 15, 2024)
This guide is a comprehensive resource on issues impacting unaccompanied children and the importance of advancing protections for this vulnerable group.
Between the lines: A mixed-methods study on the impacts of parental deportation on the health and well-being of U.S. citizen children
Ana Martinez-Donate et al., Journal of Migration and Health (May 11, 2024)
This study explored the impacts of parental deportation on the health and well-being of U.S. citizen children of Mexican immigrants.
Measuring Immigrant Integration: Adapting the IPL Integration Index to Your Context
Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University (May 30, 2024)
This webinar reviews the Immigration Policy Lab’s Integration Index, a six-dimension survey tool that assesses psychological, social, economic, political, linguistic, and navigational integration of refugees and other migrant groups.
Fact Sheet: Presidential Proclamation to Suspend and Limit Entry and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (June 4, 2024)
This factsheet reviews the key components of the Biden administration’s new policy restricting access to asylum, including the process, exceptions, and consequences.
