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Jan 26
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How to Get a Detained Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children and/or Criminal Proceedings

By | Detention, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Legal/Law, Parental Interests Directive, Parenting, Practice, Resources

How to Get a Detained Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children and/or Criminal Proceedings

National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP) & American University, Washington College of Law (2014)

Written by Benish Anver and Leslye E. Orloff, National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, American University, Washington College of Law, 2014. This resource offers guidance to judges, attorneys, and advocates on securing the attendance of detained immigrant parents in family court proceedings, in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the Parental Interests Directive.

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Jan 02
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What If I’m Picked Up By I.C.E. In Arizona? Making A Family Plan: Preparing For the Possibility of Being Detained, Deported, and Separated from Your Children

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Kinship Care, Legal/Law, Parenting, Practice, Resources, State Policies, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Training & Tools, Youth & Families

What If I’m Picked Up By I.C.E. In Arizona? Making A Family Plan: Preparing For the Possibility of Being Detained, Deported, and Separated from Your Children

Steptoe & Johnson LLP and The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2014)

Created by Barbara Kagan, Lindsay Marshall, Lauren Dasse, Laurie Melrood, and Cindy Schlosser, this English language manual provides guidance for immigrant parents in Arizona on developing a plan to protect their parental rights in the event that they are apprehended by ICE.

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Jan 01
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¿Y qué si me agarra y me arresta el I.C.E. en Arizona?

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Kinship Care, Legal/Law, Parenting, Practice, Safety, Spanish Resources, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Training & Tools, Youth & Families

¿Y qué si me agarra y me arresta el I.C.E. en Arizona?

Desarollando un Plan de Familia: Una Guia de Preparación de Familia Contra la Posibilidad de Estar Detenido, o Ser Deportado, y Quedar Separado de Sus Hijos/as

Steptoe & Johnson LLP and The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2014)

Created by Barbara Kagan, Lindsay Marshall, Lauren Dasse, Laurie Melrood, and Cindy Schlosser, this Spanish language manual provides guidance for immigrant parents in Arizona on developing a plan to protect their parental rights in the event that they are apprehended by ICE.

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Jan 01
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Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State Care and Contested Interests

By | Child Maltreatment, Child Well-Being, Detention, Immigrant Youth, Legal/Law, Research Highlight, Social Work, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Training & Tools, Unaccompanied Minors

Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State Care and Contested Interests

University of Pennsylvania Press (2014)

Through interviews with children and their families, attorneys, social workers, policy-makers, law enforcement, and diplomats, anthropologist Lauren Heidbrink foregrounds the voices of migrant children and youth who must navigate the legal and emotional terrain of U.S. immigration policy.

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Sep 03
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Fact Sheet: Parental Interests Directive

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Parental Interests Directive

Fact Sheet: Parental Interests Directive

First Focus (September 3, 2013)

On August 23, 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a directive on Facilitating Parental Interests in the Course of Immigration Enforcement Activities, or the Parental Interest Directive. The Directive is a response to the large and growing number of U.S. citizen children with immigrant parents or guardians who have been detained or deported, and is meant to ensure that detained and removed parents and guardians can maintain a relationship with their children and make decisions in their best interest. Written by Wendy Cervantes, Vice President, Immigration and Child Rights Policy, First Focus.

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Aug 26
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ICE’s Parental Interests Directive: Helping Families Caught Between the Immigration and Child Welfare Systems

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Parental Interests Directive

ICE’s Parental Interests Directive: Helping Families Caught Between the Immigration and Child Welfare Systems

Women’s Refugee Commission (August 26, 2013)

Written by Emily Butera, Senior Program Officer, this blog discusses a long awaited directive on “Facilitating Parental Interests in the Course of Civil Immigration Enforcement Activities” released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Aug 01
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Facilitating Parental Interests in the Course of Civil Immigration Enforcement Activities

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

Facilitating Parental Interests in the Course of Civil Immigration Enforcement Activities

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (August 2013)

Full text of the Parental Interest Directive issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August 2013.

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Apr 01
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Children’s Legal Rights Journal: Special Issue on Immigrant Children and Families

By | Child Maltreatment, Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Resources, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), State Policies, State Policy, Unaccompanied Minors

Children’s Legal Rights Journal: Special Issue on Immigrant Children and Families

Civitas Child Law Center, Loyola University Chicago & the ABA Center on Children and the Law (Spring 2013)

This special issue includes articles that address the intersection between the legal and child welfare systems.

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Mar 27
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The Reuniting Immigrant Families Act (SB1064) – Helping Families in the Family & Juvenile Court System

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Presentations, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Training & Tools, Unaccompanied Minors

The Reuniting Immigrant Families Act (SB1064) – Helping Families in the Family & Juvenile Court System

Immigrant Legal Resource Center and First Focus (March 27, 2013)

Presented by Angie Junck (Immigrant Legal Resource Center) & Yali Lincroft (First Focus) California Administrative Office of the Courts, San Francisco, CA, March 2013

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