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Nov 01
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How Federal and State Food Stamps Programs Affect Recent Immigrant Families in the United States

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How Federal and State Food Stamps Programs Affect Recent Immigrant Families in the United States

Heather Koball, National Center for Children in Poverty (January 29, 2018)

Children of immigrants are at greater risk of going without enough food than the children of native-born citizens – even when income levels and other economic factors are taken into account. Immigrant families often experience economic hardships, of course, but their food insecurity may also be traced to U.S. federal and state policies that make some immigrants ineligible for food stamps.

Nov 01
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Number of U.S.-Born Babies with Unauthorized Immigrant Parents Has Fallen Since 2007

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Number of U.S.-Born Babies with Unauthorized Immigrant Parents Has Fallen Since 2007

Jeffrey S. Passel, D’Vera Cohn and John Gramlich, Pew Research Center (November 1, 2018)

About 250,000 babies were born to unauthorized immigrant parents in the United States in 2016, the latest year for which information is available, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. This represents a 36% decrease from a peak of about 390,000 in 2007.

Oct 29
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Immigration policy, practices, and procedures: The impact on the mental health of Mexican and Central American youth and families.

By | Child Well-Being, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Topics, Trauma

Immigration policy, practices, and procedures: The impact on the mental health of Mexican and Central American youth and families

Stephanie Torres, Catherine Santiago, Katherine Walts, Maryse Richards, American Psychological Association (October 2018)

This paper reviews current immigration policies for arriving Mexican and Central American immigrants and links to mental health among documented and undocumented immigrant families and youth.

Oct 19
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The High Costs of the Proposed Flores Regulation

By | Child Maltreatment, Child Well-Being, Detention, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

The High Costs of the Proposed Flores Regulation

Philip E. Wolgin, Center for American Progress (October 19, 2018)

The Center for American Progress estimates that, over a decade, the proposed rule to dissolve the Flores Settlement, which would allow the Trump administration to indefinitely incarcerate children, would cost DHS slightly more than $2 billion at the low end, and as much as $12.9 billion at the high end.

 

Oct 14
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Newcomer Central American Immigrants’ Access to Legal Services

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Newcomer Central American Immigrants’ Access to Legal Services

Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, Dennis Stinchcomb & Jodi Berger Cardoso (September 18, 2018)

This report focuses on Central American Immigrants’ access to legal services. It documents legal service gaps, catalogues the principal challenges confronting community-based legal service providers, and highlights strategies for enhancing service provider capacity and overcoming access barriers.

Oct 01
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Access to Early Care and Education for Low-Income Hispanic Children and Families: A Research Synthesis

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Research Highlight, Social Work, Topics

Access to Early Care and Education for Low-Income Hispanic Children and Families: A Research Synthesis

Julia Mendez, Danielle Crosby, and Demi Siskind, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families,  ( September 18, 2018)

Hispanic populations have historically underutilized government assistance programs aimed at serving low-income families, including those related to the care of young children. Although recent data suggest that ECE utilization is generally increasing among Hispanics, especially for preschool-aged children, there is also evidence of inequities and barriers that limit access for some groups of families. This review synthesizes the latest research on ECE access for Hispanic families, with an emphasis on low-income Hispanic populations, to highlight factors that facilitate or impede access for this large and diverse U.S. population.

Sep 27
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Endangered mothers or ‘anchor babies’? Migration motivators for pregnant unaccompanied Central American teens

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

Endangered mothers or ‘anchor babies’? Migration motivators for pregnant unaccompanied Central American teens

Susan Schmidt, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies (September, 27, 2018)

As politicians grapple with global migration policies, traditionally sympathetic populations such as pregnant migrant women now evoke suspicion and fear, evident in US usage of the disparaging term ‘anchor babies.’ Using secondary interview data, this article compares the migration motivations of 11 pregnant unaccompanied teens from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala with the ‘anchor baby’ assumptions.

Sep 25
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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.

Sep 17
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Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Needs and Responses

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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.
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