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Applying a Community Violence Framework to Understand the Impact of Immigration Enforcement Threat on Latino Children

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Applying a Community Violence Framework to Understand the Impact of Immigration Enforcement Threat on Latino Children

Gabriela Barajas- Gonzalez, Cecilia Ayón, Franco Torres, Society for Research in Child Development (September 25, 2018)

This paper draws on literature from psychology, sociology, medicine, political science, social work, and developmental psychology to outline how the anti-immigrant climate in the U.S. and the threat of immigration enforcement activities in everyday spaces are experienced by some Latino children as psychological violence.

Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Needs and Responses

By | Highlighted Resources, Research Highlight, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors

Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Needs and Responses

Thomas M. Crea, Benjamin J. Roth, Jayshree S. Jani, Breanne Grace, Children and Youth Services Review (September, 2018)
A special issue recently released concerning unaccompanied immigrant children and youth. Subscription required for full text.

The Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children and Families

By | Child Well-Being, CICW Publications, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research Briefs, Research Highlight, Social Work, Trauma

The Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children and Families

Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Erin Sugrue, Augsburg University; Jacquelynn Duron, Rutgers University; Dianne Ciro, San Diego State University; Amy Messex, New Mexico Highlands University; Scholars Taking Action for Families (STAFF): A CICW Workgroup (September 12, 2018)

This NEW CICW research brief summarizes recent findings on the negative consequences of parental incarceration on children and families, identifies the connection to detention of immigrant parents, and provides practice and policy recommendations.

Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Parenting, Public Charge, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use

Jeanne Batalova, Michael Fix, and Mark Greenberg, Migration Policy Institute ( June 2018)

The expected public charge rule could have wide-reaching effects on legal immigration to the United States and lead to a sharp drop in use of public benefits by legally present non-citizens and their dependents. This report analyzes use of public benefits by non-citizens, naturalized citizens, and the U.S. born to understand the potential magnitude of the draft proposed rule’s effects.

 

Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families in California

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, State Policies, Topics

Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families in California

The Children’s Partnership & California Policy Center (August, 2018)

The Children’s Partnership and the California Immigrant Policy Center launched Healthy Mind, Healthy Future, a research and policy project focused on better understanding the impact of immigration enforcement on the mental health and wellbeing of children in immigrant families.

Pre-Migration Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Functioning among Central American Migrants Arriving at the US Border

By | Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Research Highlight, Trauma

Pre-Migration Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Functioning among Central American Migrants Arriving at the US Border

Allen Keller, Amy Joscelyne, Megan Granski, and Barry Rosenfeld, PLoS ONE (January 10, 2017)

This study examines pre-migration trauma exposure and current mental health status of migrant families arriving at the U.S. border from the Northern Triangle region, with a focus on why they left their home country and the frequency of qualifying for asylum.

Expanding Latino Parents’ Access to Child Development Research through the News Media

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research Highlight, Social Work

Uprooted in Central America and Mexico: Migrant and refugee children face a vicious cycle of hardship and danger

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research Highlight, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors

Uprooted in Central America and Mexico: Migrant and refugee children face a vicious cycle of hardship and danger

UNICEF (August 2018)

This issue of Child Alert examines the root causes of irregular migration from northern Central America and Mexico, and the challenges faced by migrant and refugee children throughout the migration journey. It concludes with a call to action to protect the safety and well-being of these youth.

Research and Policy Perspectives on Separating (and Reconnecting) Children and Parents: Implications for Families on the Border

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Early Childhood, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Research Highlight, Social Work, Trauma

Research and Policy Perspectives on Separating (and Reconnecting) Children and Parents: Implications for Families on the Border

Zero to Thrive, University of Michigan Center for Human Growth & Development (July 2018)

The report highlights research evidence on the science of early childhood development, stress and trauma, and implications of family separation and reunions for very young children.

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