This book examines how immigration enforcement has expanded beyond the border into everyday interior spaces—neighborhoods, workplaces, hospitals, and homes—revealing how young adults in undocumented and mixed-status families take on significant emotional and legal labor to create sanctuary for their families amid pervasive fear and anxiety.
This article reviews multidisciplinary research on the U.S. deportation system and its implications for individuals, families, communities, and the U.S. economy while identifying gaps and directions for future research.
This report examines the growing importance of state and local language access policies as federal protections weaken, finding that these efforts are vital for meeting the everyday communication needs of governments and their communities.
This report, based on a national survey of 606 high school principals ,examines how intensified immigration enforcement during the early months of Trump’s second term affected U.S. schools.
This review examines how the complex U.S. immigration system affects immigrant families’ access to opportunity, health, education, and safety. It urges scholars to study impacts from the migration journey through settlement while centering ethics in research with families made vulnerable by immigration laws.
This fact sheet provides an updated analysis of the undocumented immigrant population in the United States, showing that 6.3 million children live with at least one undocumented parent, and the majority of these children are U.S. citizens.
This report lifts up the voices of newcomer youth and service providers in the Bay Area to reveal how systemic barriers deepen inequities despite California’s strong immigrant commitments, and highlights key challenges, recommendations, and an overview of state-funded programs serving these youth.
This report examines how Connecticut’s state policies and services can better support immigrant integration and upward mobility, analyzing eight key areas including education, housing, healthcare, and workforce development based on interviews with state and local stakeholders.
This series of fact sheets highlights the key characteristics of dual language learner children and their households, emphasizing both the diversity of this population and factors that may hinder access to early childhood services.
This study examines service access barriers for immigrant families with young children and provides community generated solutions within the unique context of New Mexico’s borderlands.
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