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Protecting Children in Schools Against Immigration Enforcement: What Schools and Parents Can Do

By | Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Protecting Children in Schools Against Immigration Enforcement: What Schools and Parents Can Do

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 28, 2025)

This resource toolkit provides guidance for students, parents, and school administrators on how to prepare for immigration enforcement at schools while explaining the constitutional protections and educational rights that remain in place despite recent policy changes under the Trump administration.

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

By | Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

United We Dream, the National Immigration Law Center, the Center for Law and Social Policy, Kids in Need of Defense and Social Policy and the AFT (May 2025)

This guide offers tools and resources to educators and school support staff to help support and prepare youth and families for immigration enforcement actions.

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

By | Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

United We Dream, the National Immigration Law Center, the Center for Law and Social Policy, Kids in Need of Defense and Social Policy and the AFT (May 2025)

This guide provides tools and resources to help support and prepare youth and families in case of immigration enforcement actions.

Washington’s Family Separation Response Task Force

By | Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers, State Policies

Washington’s Family Separation Response Task Force

Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (n.d.)

This page reviews Washington’s Family Separation Response Task Force, created by Governor Ferguson’s in January 2025, which works to improve statewide policies and develop resources to protect children whose parents face immigration detention or deportation.

How can child protection agencies address the immigration needs of non-citizen children in foster care?

By | Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Language Issues, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, State Policies

How can child protection agencies address the immigration needs of non-citizen children in foster care?

Casey Family Programs (March 25, 2025)

This resource reviews key considerations and recommendations on how child protection agencies can address the immigration needs of non-citizen children in foster care.

Detained or Deported: What About My Children?

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Detained or Deported: What About My Children?

Women’s Refugee Commission (February 26, 2025)

This toolkit provides detained and deported parents with crucial information for protecting and maintaining parental rights and making decisions regarding the care of their children. It also provides practitioners and family members with information to ensure that family unity and children’s best interests are taken into consideration in immigration decisions.

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