This report examines trends in U.S. interior immigration enforcement, outlines the negative effects for children with respect to economic security, food access, housing stability, mental health, and educational outcomes, and provides recommendations for local, state, and federal governments to mitigate these harms.
This study examined how health inequities were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic due to anti-immigrant policies like the public charge rule.
This webinar discusses findings from a recent study on unaccompanied children’s access to medical and mental health services after release from federal custody, highlighting barriers to care and recommendations to strengthen and improve access to these services for UCs. Audio, video, and Powerpoint slides are available and detailed results can be found in the new report A Path to Meeting the Medical and Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Communities.
This brief explores how poverty rates changed among immigrants and their children overall and by citizenship status and race/ethnicity, both before and during the pandemic.
This report analyses the adherence of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to its policies and procedures related to making initial placements of unaccompanied children in care provider facilities and when transferring children between facilities and offers recommendations for improvement.
This study explores the community-level factors that facilitate the adjustment of unaccompanied immigrant children placed ORR foster care.
This article examines how U.S.-born children of immigrant mothers are undercounted in the census due to factors like language barriers, fear of deportation, and cultural stigmas, impacting resource allocation and political representation.
This report summarizes the findings of a study into the barriers facing unaccompanied children in accessing critical medical and mental health care and highlights recommendations to address these barriers and strengthen services for this population.
This article explores the definitions and various components of safety, permanency and well-being for unaccompanied children in long-term foster care under the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
This brief examines mixed-status families’ disproportionate experiences of material hardship and discusses relevant policy implications for addressing these disparities.
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