This policy brief documents how the Trump administration is using government agencies to separate families and remove thousands of children from the U.S., disregarding children’s rights and safety while deepening trauma and blocking reunification, and calls for urgent action to restore protections for family unity and children’s well-being.
This report, based on a national survey of 606 high school principals ,examines how intensified immigration enforcement during the early months of Trump’s second term affected U.S. schools.
This review examines how the complex U.S. immigration system affects immigrant families’ access to opportunity, health, education, and safety. It urges scholars to study impacts from the migration journey through settlement while centering ethics in research with families made vulnerable by immigration laws.
This bulletin brief explains how the Trump administration is limiting non-citizens’ access to the immigration courts, especially by arresting them outside of courtrooms.
This brief examines how public charge and other immigration policies may discourage immigrants from enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.
This guide helps practitioners understand and navigate the complicated and changing rules around public benefits eligibility for immigrants.
This guide provides important steps for parents at risk of detention or deportation to consider to ensure their child’s well-being.
These state-specific guides help immigrant families create safety plans for their children in case of detention or deportation, providing information on custody options, legal forms, vital records, and consulate contacts.
This resource for immigrant parents outlines the rights that parents have while being apprehended and detained by ICE. Additional languages are forthcoming.
This fact sheet provides an updated analysis of the undocumented immigrant population in the United States, showing that 6.3 million children live with at least one undocumented parent, and the majority of these children are U.S. citizens.
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