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Communities in Crisis: Interior Removals and Their Human Consequences

By | Deportation, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

Communities in Crisis: Interior Removals and Their Human Consequences

Kino Border Initiative, The Center for Migration Studies of New York, and the Office of Justice and Ecology (November 2018)

Migrant advocacy groups at the Arizona border are seeing more immigrants being deported after spending many years living in the United States and a new survey by several faith-based groups details the hardships separated families face after a relative is deported.

Research Estimating Impact of Proposed Public Charge Rule: What Study to Use?

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

Research Estimating Impact of Proposed Public Charge Rule: What Study to Use?

Protecting Immigrant Families (November 2018)

This document is a running summary of demographic and economic research estimating the impact of the Trump administration’s proposed public charge rule. The document includes information on each research product’s key findings and data sources and suggests best uses for each product while describing the limitations of each research product.

Separated Children Placed in Office of Refugee Resettlement Care

By | Family Separation, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Separated Children Placed in Office of Refugee Resettlement Care

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (January 2019)

In response to the potential impact of the “zero-tolerance policy” on vulnerable children and ORR operations, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to determine the number and status of separated children who have entered ORR care. OIG examines challenges that ORR-funded facilities have faced in reunifying separated children.

Immigrant Communities and the Public Charge Rule

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

Immigrant Communities and the Public Charge Rule

Sarah Horton, Whitney Duncan, and Kristin Yarris, Anthropology News (October 29,2018)

This paper addresses ways in which immigrant communities have been impacted by the Trump administration’s proposed public charge rule. Different accounts are detailed in which families have made decisions to avoid the use of health care; even for children who are U.S. citizens. Anthropologists are encouraged to document these “chilling effects” and to stay alert to how public charge anxiety influences people’s engagement with local services.

How State-level Child Care Development Fund Policies May Shape Access and Utilization among Hispanic Families

By | Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, State Policies, Topics

How State-level Child Care Development Fund Policies May Shape Access and Utilization among Hispanic Families

Lisa Gennetian, Julia L. Mendez, and Zoelene Hill, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (January 2019)

This research brief draws on a newly developed framework to understand how state policy context may contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in the use of CCDF subsidies—especially the low use by eligible Hispanic families.

Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) & Migration Fact Sheet

By | Family Violence, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Safety

Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) & Migration Fact Sheet

Kids in Need of Defense (December 7, 2018)

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) forces many women, girls, and LGBTI persons to flee El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Family members, gangs, and drug traffickers most frequently perpetrate SGBV, but violence by police and other authorities is also widespread. Many individuals and families fleeing SGBV are potentially eligible for protection under U.S. as well as Mexican refugee law, as the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras fail to protect their citizens from SGBV.

The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Topics

The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

Martha Ockenfels-Martinez, Sara Satinsky, and Jonathan Heller, Human Impact Partners & La Union del Pueblo Entero (October 2018)

This report lifts up how everyday activities, like driving, can result in severe consequences for children and families in the Valley. A minor traffic stop can snowball into the detention or deportation of a Rio Grande Valley community member. We chronicle how current practices around traffic stops, identification (ID) cards, and immigration enforcement are affecting the health and safety of the entire Rio Grande Valley.

Applying Child Development Research to Immigration Policy

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Topics

Applying Child Development Research to Immigration Policy

María A. Ramos-Olazagasti, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (November 2018)

This brief discusses how research on child development, neuroscience, and trauma can inform federal policy regarding the treatment of children and their families arriving at our nation’s border.

State Immigration Enforcement Policies

By | Deportation, Detention, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Topics

State Immigration Enforcement Policies

Julia Gelatt, Heather Koball, Hamutal Bernstein, Carmaine Runes, Eleanor Pratt, Urban Institute & National Center for Children in Poverty (May 2017)

This report from Urban Institute and the National Center for Children in Poverty found that expanding state immigration enforcement policies increased material hardship (such as eviction or difficulty paying for basic household expenses) in immigrant households with children. Although the policies target unauthorized immigrant populations, lawful immigrant households also experienced more material hardship in states with expanded enforcement, suggesting a broader climate of fear created by such policies.

Settling In: A Profile of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States

By | Immigrant Families Research, Research

Settling In: A Profile of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States

Julia Gelatt and Jie Zong, Migration Policy Institute (November 2018)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the characteristics of the estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States. It examines these immigrants’ countries of origin, U.S. destinations, length of U.S. residence, educational attainment and English proficiency, employment, income, and home ownership. And it includes a section on the children, most U.S. born, who have an unauthorized immigrant parent.

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