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Helping Somali Families Thrive in the United States

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Helping Somali Families Thrive in the United States

Johara Suleiman, MSW, LICSW; Wendy Haight, PhD, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (September 2022) 

This video resource highlights best practices and cultural considerations for child welfare and other providers working with Somali families.

Unaccompanied Children & Immigration 101

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Unaccompanied Minors

Unaccompanied Children & Immigration 101

American Bar Association (2022)

This webpage contains a variety of introductory videos on topics related to working with unaccompanied immigrant children, including asylum, removal proceedings, trauma-informed lawyering, legal relief, and more.

Punishing Trauma: Significant Incident Reports and Children in Immigration Proceedings

By | Child Well-Being, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Research, Social Work, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Punishing Trauma: Significant Incident Reports and Children in Immigration Proceedings

Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) (September 2022)

This report documents the shortcomings of the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s “Significant Incident Reports” and provides recommendations on how ORR can overhaul this system in order to better protect the mental and physical health and safety of unaccompanied children.

CBP Is Expelling Thousands of Infants and Toddlers to Mexico After Midnight

By | Deportation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Safety

CBP Is Expelling Thousands of Infants and Toddlers to Mexico After Midnight

David J. Bier, CATO Institute (August 1, 2022)

New data indicates that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expelling thousands of immigrant infants and toddlers into Mexico during the night despite documented danger and agreements that no expulsions should occur between 10pm and 5am.

Family Formation Under the Law: How Immigration Laws Construct Contemporary Latino/a Immigrant Families in the U.S.

By | Immigrant Families Research, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight

Family Formation Under the Law: How Immigration Laws Construct Contemporary Latino/a Immigrant Families in the U.S.

Vanessa Delgado, Sociology Compass (August 18, 2022)

This article builds on the research of sociologists of the family on how U.S. laws play a fundamental role in shaping the outcomes of family members, including how immigration law impacts family formation in LatinX immigrant families.

The Biden Public Charge Regulation: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Families?

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

The Biden Public Charge Regulation: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Families?

Protecting Immigrant Families (September 8, 2022)

This explainer contains information for immigrant families about what the public charge rules does, why it was changed, and how it might be challenged in the future.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule Summary

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

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule Summary

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (September 12, 2022)

This practitioner’s guide discusses the potential future of DACA, the current order preventing the processing of initial DACA requests, and how to address this situation with clients.

Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Children: Current Gaps and Needed Improvements

By | Immigrant Youth, Social Work, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Children: Current Gaps and Needed Improvements

Kerri Evans, and Tatiana Londoño. With editorial contributions from: Benjamin J. Roth, Jayshree Jani, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Robert Hasson III, Kelechi C. Wright, Susan Schmidt, Megan Finno-Velasquez, and Sophia Sepp; Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (August 1, 2022)

This research brief developed by the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare focuses on post-release services for unaccompanied children and provides insights into the current gaps and needed improvements.

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