About 250,000 babies were born to unauthorized immigrant parents in the United States in 2016, the latest year for which information is available, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. This represents a 36% decrease from a peak of about 390,000 in 2007.
This paper reviews current immigration policies for arriving Mexican and Central American immigrants and links to mental health among documented and undocumented immigrant families and youth.
This research brief explores some of the major push and pull factors for migration to the United States from Central America and Mexico.
The Center for American Progress estimates that, over a decade, the proposed rule to dissolve the Flores Settlement, which would allow the Trump administration to indefinitely incarcerate children, would cost DHS slightly more than $2 billion at the low end, and as much as $12.9 billion at the high end.
This report builds on a previous report that documented the impact of the Trump administration immigration policy environment on immigrant families’ health and wellbeing by exploring the direct impacts of detention and deportation on family finances, health, and well-being.
The expected public charge rule could have wide-reaching effects on legal immigration to the United States and lead to a sharp drop in use of public benefits by legally present non-citizens and their dependents. This report analyzes use of public benefits by non-citizens, naturalized citizens, and the U.S. born to understand the potential magnitude of the draft proposed rule’s effects.
The Children’s Partnership and the California Immigrant Policy Center launched Healthy Mind, Healthy Future, a research and policy project focused on better understanding the impact of immigration enforcement on the mental health and wellbeing of children in immigrant families.
This study examines pre-migration trauma exposure and current mental health status of migrant families arriving at the U.S. border from the Northern Triangle region, with a focus on why they left their home country and the frequency of qualifying for asylum.
This issue of Child Alert examines the root causes of irregular migration from northern Central America and Mexico, and the challenges faced by migrant and refugee children throughout the migration journey. It concludes with a call to action to protect the safety and well-being of these youth.
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