Immigration Reform & Child Welfare Policies
First Focus (February 22, 2013)
Presented by Yali Lincroft (First Focus) Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA, February 2013
View PresentationChildren in Harm’s Way: Criminal Justice, Immigration Enforcement, and Child Welfare
Sentencing Project, First Focus and Migration and Child Welfare National Network (January, 2013)
Children in Harm’s Way is a compilation of articles written by leading scholars, policy analysts, legal experts, and practitioners that explores how children are harmed when the criminal justice, immigration enforcement, and child welfare systems converge.
View DocumentFalling Through the Cracks: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Children Caught Up in the Child Welfare System
American Immigration Council (December 2012)
This article highlights the unique challenges that federal and state immigration enforcement actions pose to child well-being and family unity, including the repercussions for children and families involved in the child welfare system.
Read Full ArticleOverview of Child Welfare Immigration Policies and Programs
First Focus (October 5, 2012)
Presented by Yali Lincroft (First Focus) South Carolina Department of Social Services and Court Staff, Columbia, SC, October 2012
View PresentationCalifornia Senate Bill 1064: Reuniting Immigrant Families
California Senate (September 30, 2012)
Signed into law October 1, 2012, the Reuniting Immigrant Families Act prioritizes keeping children with their families and out of the public child welfare system when possible. SB1064 authorizes more time for child welfare agencies to find and reunite detained and deported parents with their children or find placement with relatives, regardless of their immigration status. It requires the California Department of Social Services to provide guidance on filing special immigrant relief options and for working with foreign consulates regarding the custody of children of deported parents.
View BillThe Immigration / Child Welfare Nexus
Presented by Howard Davidson, American Bar Association; Yali Lincroft, First Focus; Kristen Jackson, Public Counsel; & Janet Barragán, Child Welfare Services, San Diego County
American Public Human Services Agency Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, (September 2012)
View the PresentationShattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System
Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation (formerly the Applied Research Center) (November 2011)
This extensive report is the first national investigation on threats to families when immigration enforcement and the child welfare system intersect. It explores the extent to which children in foster care are prevented from uniting with their detained or deported parents and the failures of the child welfare system to adequately work to reunify these families.
Access Full ReportDisappearing Parents: A Report on Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System
Southwest Institute for Research on Women & Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona (2011)
This report describes families entangled in two vast bureaucracies – the federal immigration enforcement system and the state child welfare system. The report is based on over a year of research, including over fifty surveys and twenty interviews with juvenile court judges, attorneys representing children and parents in juvenile court, and case workers in Child Protective Services.
Read Full ReportImmigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Courts
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 2010)
This is a national benchbook for juvenile and family court judges on various immigration related issues including: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, adoption, VAWA, U Visas, divorce, child custody, immigration consequences of delinquency and crime, and immigration enforcement.
Read the full textThe Impact of Detention and Deportation on Latino Immigrant Children and Families: A Quantitative Exploration
Kalina M. Brabeck and Qingwen Xu, Rhode Island College (July 2010)
This quantitative analysis found that parents with higher levels of legal vulnerability report a greater impact of detention/deportation on the family environment and children’s well-being. It also provides practice and policy implications.
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