Know Your Rights and Other Information
CLINIC (various dates)
This page includes various know your rights resources, including wallet-sized cards, flyers, and more.
Resources for Families Facing Deportation and Separation
Women’s Refugee Commission (Updated )
These guides and reports provide information about family separation, safety planning, and child welfare for families facing detention and deportation. The documents provide tools for preventing family separation and resources for families caught between the immigration and child welfare systems. Available in English and Spanish.
Protecting Assets & Child Custody in the Face of Deportation
Appleseed Network (Updated 2017)
This manual, originally published in 2012, and accompanying resources address potential issues immigrant families may confront in the face of deportation and provide guidance for supporting immigrant families facing immigration enforcement. It is in the process of being updated for 2025.
The Impact of a Broken Immigration System on U.S. Students and Schools
Patricia Gándara, Lucrecia Santibañez, Jongyeon Joy Ee, & Julieta Rico; UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools, Latino Policy and Politics Institute, and Civil Rights Project (December 4, 2023)
This research brief explores the the harmful consequences of immigration enforcement actions on Latinx children of undocumented immigrants and provides policy and practice recommendations to support immigrant students and their families.
“In Whose Best Interests? Comparing Children’s Treatment in Immigration Court and in Child Protection Hearings in Minnesota: Similar Issues Without the Relevant Tools or Best Interests Standard”
Susan Schmidt, Journal on Migration and Human Security (November 14, 2024)
This article compares the treatment of children in immigration court with the treatment of children in child protection proceedings in Minnesota, highlighting a prioritization of federal government interests over children’s best interests.
“We Need to Take Away Children”: Zero Accountability Six Years After “Zero Tolerance”
Michael Garcia Bochenek, Human Rights Watch (December 16, 2024)
This new report provides an in-depth look into the consequences of the first Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy, and finds that the resulting forcible family separations were an intentional, targeted policy choice despite knowledge of the inevitable human suffering.
Access to Benefits are Essential for DACA Recipients and their Families to Thrive
Celeste Dorantes, CLASP (September 25, 2024)
This factsheet reviews the importance of access to benefits for DACA recipients and current policy proposals that could address barriers to access.
Policy Framework for Immigrant Mental Health
Isha Weerasinghe and Suma Setty, CLASP (September 17, 2024)
This policy framework identifies needed changes and goals to support and improve immigrant mental health and well-being in the US from the local, state, and federal levels.
Criminalizing Immigration: The Influence of SB 4, Texas’s Regressive State Deportation Law
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (October 22, 2024)
This report reviews Texas’ punitive deportation law SB4 and its harmful consequences and identifies copycat policies being pursued by other states across the country.
Affordable Care Act Eligibility for Special Immigrant Juveniles and Other Immigrant Children
Kids in Need of Defense (December 4, 2024)
In November 2024, many young immigrants became eligible to purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchanges. This FAQ reviews common questions around eligibility for the ACA for Special Immigrant Juveniles and other immigrant children.
