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CAREing While Supporting Clients Experiencing “Detention Fatigue”

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors

CAREing While Supporting Clients Experiencing “Detention Fatigue”

KIND (May 18, 2026)

This practice guide equips service providers with trauma-informed, child-centered strategies — grounded in the CARE framework — to support children and youth experiencing prolonged detention in ORR custody and beyond.

‘Un lazo que sigue’: A survivor-informed, resilience-focused study of intergenerational childhood exposure to intimate partner violence among unaccompanied Central American mothers

By | Child Maltreatment, Research, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

‘Un lazo que sigue’: A survivor-informed, resilience-focused study of intergenerational childhood exposure to intimate partner violence among unaccompanied Central American mothers

Morgan Pardue-Kim, Celene Viveros Garces , E. Martínez, Kerri Evans, Mariel Pfister, & Melissa E. Smith, Child Abuse & Neglect (April 9, 2026)

This article explores childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (CEIPV) and intergenerational CEIPV (I-CEIPV) among young Central American immigrant mothers who were formerly unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) and offers implications for programs, policies, and research.

What About My Children: Family Separation Among Parents Deported to Honduras

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

What About My Children: Family Separation Among Parents Deported to Honduras

Women’s Refugee Commission & Physicians for Human Rights (March 18, 2026)

This report finds ICE routinely violated its own family unity and medical care policies, deporting parents without allowing them to make arrangements for their children and failing to provide adequate care for pregnant and postpartum women.

What States & Local Governments Can Do to Support Immigrants’ Financial Stability

By | Language Issues, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, State Policy

What States & Local Governments Can Do to Support Immigrants’ Financial Stability

National Consumer Law Center (April 17, 2026)

This issue brief outlines concrete steps state and local governments can take to protect immigrant communities from financial exploitation and consumer abuse across areas like housing, fraud, privacy, and language access.

Practice Alert: Guidance on Adjustment of Status for Youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Using INA § 245(h) with a Non-SIJS Petition

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Practice Alert: Guidance on Adjustment of Status for Youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Using INA § 245(h) with a Non-SIJS Petition

National Immigration Project (April 14, 2026)

This practice alert outlines a potential argument that may allow immigrant youth with approved special juvenile status petitions to access a broader path to permanent residency, even when pursuing non-SIJS immigration cases.

The Scars of Family Detention and Separation in the U.S. Immigration System

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma

The Scars of Family Detention and Separation in the U.S. Immigration System

Shantel Meek, Xigrid Soto-Boykin, Tunette Powell, Key Edyburn, Darielle Blevins, Cinthia Palomino, & Gladys Aponte; The Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University (February 2026)

This research brief warns that since family detention centers reopened in March 2025, the number of detained families has more than tripled while a growing number of others have lost a parent to deportation, causing documented harm to children’s development, mental health, and education.

Health and Health Care Experiences of Immigrant Parents and Their Children During the Second Trump Term

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight

Health and Health Care Experiences of Immigrant Parents and Their Children During the Second Trump Term

Drishti Pillai, Alisha Rao, Samantha Artiga, Shannon Schumacher, and Liz Hamel; Kaiser Family Foundation (March 2, 2026)

This brief presents survey data on the health and healthcare experiences of immigrant parents and their children in the US, highlighting the impact of the current immigration policy environment on families, the majority of whose children are US citizens.

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