It is unlikely U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will carry out immigration enforcement operations at an early childhood education center, childcare facility, or First 5 site. This practice advisory includes model policies put together by ILRC to serve as a menu of options for centers to choose from and adopt.
This guide from the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare provides child welfare agencies with guidelines on what to do if an immigration raid takes place.
The Women’s Refugee Commission filed this complaint to the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of numerous families who were separated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials along the U.S. southwestern border, where at least some member(s) of the family were placed into the administration’s so-called Migrant Protection Protocols and sent back to Mexico.
Increasing arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America in 2018 and 2019 significantly tested the capacity of the U.S. immigration system. Nearly half of the approximately 3.5 million Central American immigrants residing in the United States as of 2017 came before 2000
This resource contains core messages you can share with community members to help combat the chilling effect this rule may have.
This FAQ on the DHS 2019 public charge rule provides responses to the most commonly asked questions related to this rule change.
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.
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.
This webpage provides various resources to assist in responding to large-scale immigration enforcement actions and raids.
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