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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: What Practitioners Need to Know

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Practice, Practice Highlight

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: What Practitioners Need to Know

ILRC Attorneys, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 19, 2025)

This practice advisory outlines ongoing DACA trends, policy changes, and potential future scenarios amid uncertain litigation and Trump administration attacks on immigrants, providing crucial information for advocates to help DACA holders strategize and prepare for possible changes to the program.

The Fear is Everywhere: U.S. High School Principals Report Widespread Effects of Immigration Enforcement

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

The Fear is Everywhere: U.S. High School Principals Report Widespread Effects of Immigration Enforcement

John Rogers and Joseph Kahne, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (December 2025)

This report, based on a national survey of 606 high school principals ,examines how intensified immigration enforcement during the early months of Trump’s second term affected U.S. schools.

Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight

Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families

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

This review examines how the complex U.S. immigration system affects immigrant families’ access to opportunity, health, education, and safety. It urges scholars to study impacts from the migration journey through settlement while centering ethics in research with families made vulnerable by immigration laws.

Potential “Chilling Effects” of Public Charge and Other Immigration Policies on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Public Charge

Potential “Chilling Effects” of Public Charge and Other Immigration Policies on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

Samantha Artiga, Drishti Pillai, Sammy Cervantes, Akash Pillai, and Matthew Rae; Kaiser Family Foundation (December 2, 2025)

This brief examines how public charge and other immigration policies may discourage immigrants from enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.

Changing Origins, Rising Numbers: Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States

By | Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

Changing Origins, Rising Numbers: Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States

Julia Gelatt, Ariel G. Ruiz Soto and James D. Bachmeier, Migration Policy Institute (October 2025)

This fact sheet provides an updated analysis of the undocumented immigrant population in the United States, showing that 6.3 million children live with at least one undocumented parent, and the majority of these children are U.S. citizens.

Newcomer Immigrant Youth in the Bay Area: Uplifting Voices, Identifying Solutions

By | Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight

Newcomer Immigrant Youth in the Bay Area: Uplifting Voices, Identifying Solutions

Melissa Adamson, National Center for Youth Law (2025)

This report lifts up the voices of newcomer youth and service providers in the Bay Area to reveal how systemic barriers deepen inequities despite California’s strong immigrant commitments, and highlights key challenges, recommendations, and an overview of state-funded programs serving these youth.

A Timeline: Tracking How the Second Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Protections for Unaccompanied Children

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Safety, Unaccompanied Minors

A Timeline: Tracking How the Second Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Protections for Unaccompanied Children

Kids in Need of Defense (October 6, 2025)

This timeline follows the policy changes that have eroded child welfare and anti-trafficking safeguards for children seeking safety in the United States during the 2nd Trump administration.

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