This guide is designed to provide an overview of detention, deportation, and other immigration status-related stress and their impact on children and families, as well as suggestions for how school personnel can support families in this situation.
Get the GuideIn light of the recent announcement of an end to many TPS designations, this edition of Policy Beat explores the TPS programs, current countries of designation, and the history of TPS rescissions over the years, as well as the reasons for not extending those designations.
Read the ArticleThis report looks at how immigration enforcement impacts family life in the U.S., both among immigrant and mixed-status families, and in their wider communities.
Read the ReportThis book explores the ramifications of inadequate immigration policy on Mexican immigrant families. It explores the threat that deportation poses and the stigma associated with status as an immigrant.
Get the BookThe Pew Research Center regularly publishes statistical portraits of the U.S.’s foreign-born population. This article answers some key questions about the U.S. immigrant population.
Read the ArticleWritten by a People Power activist, this article describes the process of successfully applying ACLU’s “People Power Freedom Cities Action Guide” in advocating for immigrant rights and protection.
Read the ArticleThe video resources shared on this page contain helpful, bilingual information for helping individuals and communities to know and understand their rights, helping prepare families faced with the threat of deportation, and rights information specific for parents and sponsors of unaccompanied minors.
Access the VideosThis study is the first to estimate the proportion of all Latino children in the U.S. who have an unauthorized immigrant parent and points to the importance of understanding the stress, anxiety, and trauma caused by parental deportation.
Learn MoreThis short screening sheet is designed to help child welfare professionals identify potential avenues for noncitizen youth to gain legal status.
Get the Screening QuestionsThis Urban Institute-MPI report examines the involvement of families with a deported parent with health and social service systems, as well as their needs and the barriers they face accessing such services.
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