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RESOURCE​ ​GUIDE:​ ​Defending​ ​Immigrant​ ​Youth​ ​Post​ ​DACA

By | Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers

RESOURCE​ ​GUIDE:​ ​Defending​ ​Immigrant​ ​Youth​ ​Post​ ​DACA​

Layla​ ​Razavi, California Immigrant Policy Center (Sept 5, 2017)

The California Policy Immigrant Center has compiled resources and information related to DACA, including important policy issues, upcoming events and actions, and mental health and other resources geared toward current beneficiaries.

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Screening Potential DACA Requestors for Other Forms of Relief

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

Screening Potential DACA Requestors for Other Forms of Relief

Patrick Taurel, Am Immigration Council (Sept 5, 2017)

A practice resource for attorneys determining the eligibility of DACA seekers for longer-term immigration relief options.

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Emergency Preparedness for Immigrant Families: A 50 State Resource

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers

Emergency Preparedness for Immigrant Families: A 50 State Resource

CLINIC (July 2017)

This webpage contains various state-specific resources to help support immigrants, legal practitioners, and advocates in assisting and preparing families at risk of detention or deportation.

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Quick Guide to Federal Child Welfare and Immigration Law

By | Family Separation, ICE, Immigration Relief, Kinship Care, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Parenting, Practice, Social Workers, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Quick Guide to Federal Child Welfare and Immigration Law

by ABA (March 15, 2017)

This document offers a brief overview of law and resources for child welfare attorneys and others who seek options for immigrant children or parents.

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Translating “Best Interests”: Child Welfare Decisions at the US–México Border

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Youth, Legal Professionals, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers

Translating “Best Interests”: Child Welfare Decisions at the US–México Border

Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez, Political and Legal Anthropology Review (Sept 2016)

The “best interest” principle is examined as effects judicial decisions affecting children. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)

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A Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies, and Responses

By | Deportation, Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Unaccompanied Minors

A Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies, and Responses

American Immigration Council (June 2015)

This guide provides information about the tens of thousands of children who have fled their homes in Central America and arrived at our southern border. It seeks to explain the basics about who these children are, what happens to them when they arrive in the U.S., laws in place to help them, and proposed legislation to help these children.

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Emerging Issues in State-Based Immigration Reform

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

Emerging Issues in State-Based Immigration Reform

The Government Law Center, Albany Law School, 2015 Warren M. Anderson Legislative Breakfast Series (February 2015)

View the recording of the Albany Law School’s 2015 Warren M. Anderson Breakfast Seminar and access supplementary materials about state-based immigration reform, including information on unaccompanied minors, state benefits and state-issued identification documents for immigrants, and state support for immigrant legal services.

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Guidelines for Detention Center Personnel Working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minor

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Immigrant Youth, Legal Professionals, Practice, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors

Guidelines for Detention Center Personnel Working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minor

National Latina/o Psychological Association (January 2015)

A set of guidelines for individuals who work in detention centers and specifically with unaccompanied minors. The guidelines are organized by areas that contribute to the overall mental health and well-being of minors.

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