The Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Final Rule
Center for Study of Social Policy (August 14, 2019)
This FAQ on the DHS 2019 public charge rule provides responses to the most commonly asked questions related to this rule change.
Strengthening Child Welfare Practice for Immigrant Children & Families: A Toolkit for Child Welfare Professionals in California
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August 12, 2019)
With half of all children in California coming from an immigrant family, child welfare agencies in California must be equipped to effectively support immigrant children and families on the pathway to permanency. The objective of this toolkit is to provide guidance to child welfare agencies in California working with immigrant children and families.
Online Detainee Locator System
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2019)
This webpage can be used to search for and locate a detainee who is currently in ICE custody.
Rapid Response Toolkit
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (June 21, 2019)
This toolkit provides best practices and lessons learned for conducting rapid responses during ICE raids and arrests in order to support and guide people during and after an enforcement operation.
Featured Issue: 2019 Large-Scale Enforcement Actions and Raids
American Immigration Lawyers Association (August 2019)
This webpage provides various resources to assist in responding to large-scale immigration enforcement actions and raids.
Early Learning Specialist/Home Visitor Procedures – If ICE Knocks on the Door During a Home Visit
Parent Child Plus (August 2019)
This resource provides know-your-rights information and guidance on procedures for home visitors and other professionals for situations in which ICE comes to a family’s home during a home visit.
Mexicans Decline to Less Than Half the U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population for the First Time
Jeffrey S. Passel & D’vera Cohn, Pew Research Center (June 12, 2019)
This article details the decline in Mexicans who make up the U.S. undocumented immigrant population while an increase has been noted in lawful U.S. immigrants.
From Control to Crisis: Changing Trends and Policies Reshaping U.S.-Mexico Border Enforcement
Randy Capps, Doris Meissner, Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, Jessica Bolter, & Sarah Pierce, Migration Policy Institute (August 2019)
This report provides data and information on the changed characteristics of migration reaching the U.S.-Mexico border. It concludes with addressing the crisis gripping the border and calls for a transformation.
Know Your Rights Information on ICE Raids for Parents/Community/Attorneys
KIND (July 15, 2019)
The below is a collection of Know Your Rights resources to help prepare parents, community members, and attorneys on ICE raids on the sponsors of unaccompanied children and families.
Helping Immigrant Clients with Post-Conviction Legal Options: A Guide for Legal Services Providers
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 14, 2019)
This guide, created by the ILRC and Californians for Safety and Justice, is an effort to turn these “rare cases” into the rule, rather than the exception, by helping to build the capacity of legal service providers and pro bono attorneys to provide post-conviction relief to immigrants who would face certain deportation without it.
