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Detention

Care or Control? Reexamining the immigration system in place for youth and children

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Unaccompanied Minors

Care or Control? Reexamining the immigration system in place for youth and children

Migration Center, University of South Carolina (May 5, 2023)

This webinar reviews key policies, programs, and services that impact migrant youth and their families, including conditions in countries of origin, pathways from detention to sponsor release, community integration, and deportation.

Responding to Trauma in Immigrant Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Safety, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma

Responding to Trauma in Immigrant Children

National Press Foundation (February 9, 2023)

This webinar reviews different forms of trauma, trauma responses, and how to identify symptoms in a child, with a focus on the traumatic experiences immigrant children may face and how to respond as a practitioner.

The New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department Immigration Unit: A Model for Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Systems Serving Immigrant Children and Their Families

By | CICW Publications, CICW Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Detention, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Language Issues, Legal/Law, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers, State Policies, Transnational Resources, Unaccompanied Minors

The New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department Immigration Unit: A Model for Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Systems Serving Immigrant Children and Their Families

Center on Immigration & Child Welfare and New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department (November 2022)

This resource provides an overview of the key services and activities of the NM Children, Youth & Families Department Immigration Unit as a model and guide for child welfare and juvenile justice systems serving immigrant children and families. It is also available in Spanish here.

“We Need to Take Away Children”: The secret history of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight

“We Need to Take Away Children”: The secret history of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy

Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic (August 7, 2022)

This in-depth investigative report provides a detailed account of the family separation policy implemented during the Trump administration, including interviews with key decision makers.

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

Emily Bartholomew, Sebastian Guzman, Hortencia Rodríguez, Shaina Aber, Alejandro Garcia, and Tammy Cho; Vera Institute (June 2022)

This report, informed by the perspectives of 32 unaccompanied young adults, contains policy recommendations to improve the system that receives unaccompanied children in the U.S.

Interests of Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or Incapacitated Adults

By | Deportation, Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Parental Interests Directive

Interests of Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or Incapacitated Adults

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (July 14, 2022)

The 2022 ICE parental interest directive establishes ICE policies and procedures to protect the parental and/or guardianship rights of parents and legal guardians who are taken into ICE custody.

Widespread infringement of the civil rights and civil liberties of Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children held in the custody of CBP

By | Child Maltreatment, Detention, Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Widespread infringement of the civil rights and civil liberties of Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children held in the custody of CBP

Kids in Need of Defense (April 7, 2022)

This complaint filed by KIND details civil rights and civil liberties infringements experienced by unaccompanied noncitizen children in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB) in 2021.

Settlement Limits ICE’s Power to Stop Vehicles and Make Arrests

By | Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Legal/Law

Settlement Limits ICE’s Power to Stop Vehicles and Make Arrests

Aimee Mayer-Salins, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (March 28, 2022)

This settlement agreement states that ICE must stop unlawful arrests through vehicle stops and other enforcement tactics in the states of Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Kansas.

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