Immigration Options for Undocumented Immigrant Children
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August, 2018)
A collection of one-page fact sheets on immigration options for undocumented immigrant children.
Recommendations for Reunifying Separated Family Members
Kids in Need of Defense (July 13, 2018)
In this publication, KIND outlines its recommendations for separated children, detained parents, and deported parents to ensure the best interests of these families and protect their access to due process.
Fact Sheet: No Child Should Face Immigration Court Alone
Kids in Need of Defense (August 22, 2018)
This fact sheet provides some statistics on the number of unaccompanied children in the U.S., what legal protections the have, how KIND advocates for these children, and what others can do.
KIND Flyer for Youth in Need of Immigration Legal Assistance
Kids in Need of Defense (January 2018)
This simple flyer in English and Spanish with a cartoon explains the services that KIND provides to support young persons in need of immigration legal assistance.
How You Can Help Separated Families and Ensure Protection for Children
Kids in Need of Defense (June 28, 2018)
This page provides some simple steps and actions you can take to support and advocate for separated families.
Fact Sheet on Family Separation
CLINIC (August 9, 2018)
This fact sheet describes the process by which the Trump Administration carried out family separation and how the related federal court ruling Ms. L v. ICE addresses family separation.
Legal Referrals for Asylum Seeking Families
The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (August 2018)
ASAP has created a spreadsheet of Legal Referrals for Asylum-Seeking Families, which lists (1) hundreds of private immigration attorneys in many states and (2) information on pro se help desks and other limited scope representation efforts in various cities. Additional resources are available here.
Developing Sustainable Repatriation and Reintegration Programs for Children and Families Separated by Borders
Elaine Weisman, LGSW/MPH and Fecility Sackville Northcott, PhD; International Social Service-USA & the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (July 2018)
This CICW practice brief provides recommendations about best practices for ensuring that children and/or their caregivers facing deportation are provided with necessary pre-departure and reintegration services to support safe and sustainable return.
UPDATE: New Way to Reach the Immigrant Connection Project
Vera Institute of Justice (July, 2018)
Vera Institute of Justice and New America announce a new way to reach the Immigrant Connection Project (ICON). Parents and their advocates can now reach us for free via Facebook messenger from abroad, by toll free telephone from inside the United States or from immigration detention, or via email from anywhere.
Database to Track Family Separations, Support Family Tracing, and Identify Trends
Women’s Refugee Commission & Innovation Lab (July, 2018)
The Women’s Refugee Commission and Innovation Law Lab launched a new database to help track family separations, to support family tracing, and to assist with the identification of trends. The database is simple, secure, and confidential, and it allows family separation data to be collected and organized in a centralized way to help push back against harmful practices and support litigation efforts on a case by case basis. WRC and ILL will share anonymized, aggregated data with collaborators on family separations and for use in policy advocacy and to facilitate reunifications. To sign up to use the WRC-ILL database and to obtain a login, please email intake@wrcommission.org. Questions may also be directed to intake@wrcommission.org.
