Featured Issue: Executive Actions to Promote Family Unity and Help Dreamers
American Immigration Lawyers Association (June 26, 2024)
This page offers announcements and resources on the Parole-in-Place program announced June 18, 2024.
Working with Immigrant Families Who are Child Welfare System Involved: Promoting Inclusive Practices & Policy Recommendations
Kristina Lovato & Sophia Sepp; Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (June 2024)
This policy brief highlights the various models child welfare agencies have developed to effectively serve immigrant children and families who touch the child welfare system and identifies policy and practice solutions to increase equitable service provision to this population.
The Impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Surveillance Technology on the Well-being of the Children of Immigrants
Mirian G. Martinez-Aranda, American Behavioral Scientist (November 25, 2023)
This study explores the negative impacts of ICE’s surveillance technologies, i.e., electronic monitors on children’s well-being and the parent–child relationship.
US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health
Kathleen M. Roche, Rebecca M. B. White, Roushanac Partovi, Elizabeth Vaquera, and Todd D. Little; JAMA Pediatrics (May 13, 2024)
This study explored the impact of immigration-related stressors on parent-child relationships and the mental health of Latinx adolescents.
Clarifying the Eligibility of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Certain Other Noncitizens for a Qualified Health Plan
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Federal Register (May 8, 2024)
This final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services modifies the definition of “lawfully present” that applies to enrollment eligibility in a Qualified Health Plan, allowing DACA recipients to be eligible for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
New Guidance on Children’s Cases in Immigration Court
Kids in Need of Defense (March 15, 2024)
This policy brief describes and provides recommendations on new Executive Office for Immigration Review guidance for children’s immigration court cases.
Guidance for SIJS State Court Predicate Orders in California- What You Need to Know in 2024
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (April 26, 2024)
This Practice Advisory provides recommendations on what information to include in state court predicate orders for SIJS in California and includes samples.
What is SIJS?
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 15, 2024)
This Community Explainer reviews SIJS, what its key benefits are, and the eligibility pathways.
Threat and deprivation as distinct predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in first and second generation Latinx youth
Jodi Berger Cardoso, Kalina M. Brabeck, Tzuan A. Chen, Arlene Bjugstad, Caitlyn Mytelka, Randy Capps, & Thomas M. Crea; Applied Developmental Science (September 21, 2023)
This research examined how immigration enforcement fear and perceived economic hardship affect posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among first and second-generation Latinx youth in immigrant families.
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
Susan Schmidt, Encyclopedia of Social Work (July 2017)
This article provides an overview of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the multifaceted role of the social work profession in supporting eligible children and advocating for policy improvements.
