This issue brief explains the harmful impacts of the House Reconciliation bill for immigrant women, children, and families, including stripping healthcare coverage for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, decimating legal protections for Unaccompanied Children, and expanding ICE’s detention capacity.
This explainer discusses how Congress and the administration have been undermining ORR’s ability to focus on child welfare, family reunification, and safety by tying ORR operations to immigration enforcement actions and provides recommendations on what can be done to support unaccompanied children.
This article reviews the health impacts of recent immigration enforcement policy changes, such as the elimination of the sensitive locations policy, on children in immigrant families.
This policy brief, co-authored by Dr. Kristina Lovato, Director of CICW, presents the first comprehensive analysis of state-level guidance on immigration enforcement in schools following federal changes to the Sensitive Locations Policy.
This brief analyzes the potential negative effects of increased immigration enforcement under the Trump administration on family health, well-being, and the long-term stability of communities, the workforce, and the economy.
This policy brief analyzes the implications of the recent reconciliation bill for unaccompanied children.
These one-page fact sheets provide updated estimates on the millions of children in mixed-status families who are at risk of losing their benefits.
This policy brief explores how immigration enforcement and anti-immigrant policies act as adverse childhood experiences, creating negative consequences for children’s psychological, physical, and socioeconomic well-being.
This resource reviews how schools are responding to shifting immigration enforcement policies under the second Trump administration to preserve educational access for immigrant students.
This paper proposes comprehensive policy recommendations to support children in immigrant families, including access to permanent immigration status, culturally responsive mental health services, safe spaces, child-centered immigration policies, expanded access to public programs, and robust research.
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