Immigrant children face increased cases of bullying across TX
Freda Ross, Public News Service (March 19, 2025)
Children in immigrant families in Texas are facing increased bullying.
Trump’s New Registration Requirement Could Forcibly Separate Millions of Immigrant Families
Nanya Gupta, Immigration Impact (March 18, 2025)
A new non-citizen registration requirement is poised to cause harm and separation to millions of immigrant families.
Trump administration ‘villainizes’ immigrant families with misleading directive on food aid
Victoria Namkung, The Guardian (March 20, 2025)
A recent memo from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is spreading misleading information about undocumented immigrants use of food and nutrition programs, and could create a chilling effect among eligible immigrant and mixed-status families.
Trump administration cuts legal help for migrant children traveling alone
Rebecca Santana, AP News (March 21, 2025)
The Trump administration has ended a contract that provides essential legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children navigating the immigration legal system.
Soaring Housing Costs Make Life Even More Challenging for Oakland’s Unaccompanied Minors
Cassandra Garibay and Ximena Loeza, El Tímpano, KQED (March 28, 2025)
CICW Director speaks to the trauma and mental health needs of unaccompanied minors, which compound many of the challenges they face while resettling in the U.S., like housing insecurity.
ICE, Schools and Children: What Families Should Know
Nisa Kahn, KQED (February 13, 2025)
Amid increased fear of the Trump administration’s promised mass deportations, CICW Director, Kristina Lovato, shares recommendations around family preparedness planning, and how families can talk to and prepare their children for interactions with immigration enforcement.
How hardline anti-immigrant policies are threatening the right to education
Robin Buller, The Guardian (February 10, 2025)
Increasingly punitive immigration policies, including the revocation of the protected areas memo and new state level attempts to require citizenship information for school enrollment, threaten education access for children in immigrant families. The CICW Director speaks to the importance of education as a tool for children to lead productive lives and contribute to society – a tool that every child should have at their disposal.
Ferguson launches WA team to help children whose parents are deported
Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard (January 27, 2025)
The governor of Washington has ordered the creation of a rapid response team in the state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families to help migrant families who may be separated during deportation operations promised by the Trump administration.
Judge extends court-monitoring agreement for children in Customs and Border Protection custody
Associated Press, Spectrum Local News (January 30, 2025)
A judge has extended rules requiring safe and clean conditions for migrant children in federal custody, a day after Border Patrol was set to go back to self-monitoring these conditions.
ICE enforcement official tapped to lead unaccompanied migrant children office, triggering alarms
Annie Waldman & Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica (February 3, 2025)
Mellissa Harper, an immigration enforcement veteran, has been chosen to lead ORR, raising concerns that children’s and families’ information could be used to target immigrants for deportation.
