Before ICE: A Guide for Parents at Risk of Deportation or Detention
Documented (July 30, 2025)
This guide provides important steps for parents at risk of detention or deportation to consider to ensure their child’s well-being.
State Child Safety Plans
Appleseed Network (2025)
These state-specific guides help immigrant families create safety plans for their children in case of detention or deportation, providing information on custody options, legal forms, vital records, and consulate contacts.
Expedited Removal and Unaccompanied Children: An FAQ
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (November 21, 2025)
This resource addresses concerns about the Trump administration’s January 2025 expansion of expedited removal and provides arguments against applying this deportation process to young people who entered as unaccompanied children or have approved SIJS.
Interactive Website: Deportation Preparation Manual for Immigrant Families
Appleseed Network (2025)
This interactive deportation preparation website, based on Appleseed’s Deportation Preparation Manual for Immigrant Families, provides practical and accessible tools for families to prepare for the complex legal, financial, and emotional challenges of detention and deportation.
Fact Sheet for Child Welfare & Guardianship Stakeholders: ICE Policies and Standards Related to Detained Parents & Legal Guardians
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (July 2025)
This fact sheet reviews ICE policies and standards for child welfare stakeholders under the Detained Parents Directive, revised in July 2025.
Facilitating Visitation: Parents in ICE Custody & Minor Children
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (July 2025)
This flyer reviews how to locate a parent in ICE detention and who to contact to facilitate visitation between parents and minor children.
The 2025 ICE Detained Parents Directive: Practice Advisory for Child Welfare Agency Administrators & Practitioners
Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative & Casey Family Programs (August 2025)
This practice advisory reviews the 2025 Detained Parents Directive and provides recommendations to child welfare administrators and practitioners on how to utilize the Directive to advocate for immigrant children and families.
Supporting Immigrant Children and Families in the Child Welfare System: Challenges & Best Practices for Child Welfare Agencies & Practitioners
Megan Finno-Velasquez and Sophia Sepp, New Mexico State University, School of Social Work (August 2025)
This free comprehensive online training addresses the unique challenges and opportunities when working with immigrant children and families in the child welfare system. It is geared toward child welfare agency administrators, practitioners, and other stakeholders. Three free social work CEUs are available from the NMSU School of Social Work.
The Trump Administration’s First 100 Days of Immigration Policy: Impacts to Immigrant Children and Families
CICW Research Workgroup, Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative (August 2025)
This policy brief examines the impacts on immigrant children and families of the Trump administration’s immigration-related actions during his first 100 days in office, and proposes solutions to protect their health and wellbeing.
“It’s Horrible to Live Like This”: Immigration Policy’s Real-Time Impact on Young Children
Juliana Zhou & Elisa Minoff, Center for the Study of Social Policy (July 16, 2025)
This brief details interviews with child care providers who report that the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is causing families to withdraw toddlers from care, children to experience heightened anxiety, and providers to fear for their own safety while trying to support immigrant families.
