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Sep 19
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The Trump Administration and the Flores Settlement Agreement: An Attempt to Undermine Decades-Old Protections for Vulnerable Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors

The Trump Administration and the Flores Settlement Agreement: An Attempt to Undermine Decades-Old Protections for Vulnerable Children

Kids in Need of Defense ( September 19, 2018)

The proposed termination of the Flores settlement would expand the government’s ability to detain children for longer periods in family detention facilities and to lessen the standards it is required to meet in detaining unaccompanied children. This fact sheet reviews exactly what these expanded abilities would be.

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Sep 18
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A Call to Action: Re-imagining Social Work Practice With Unaccompanied Minors

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Youth, Legal/Law, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers, Unaccompanied Minors

A Call to Action: Re-imagining Social Work Practice With Unaccompanied Minors

Kerri Evans, Kylie Diebold, & Rocío Calvo; Advances in Social Work (September 18, 2018)
This article is a call to action for social workers who may work with unaccompanied minors (UAM) and provides recommendations related to topics like UAM’s rights, service availability, trust building, creating welcoming school environments, and more.
Sep 15
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Risks of Applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in Affirmative Cases

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Topics

Risks of Applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in Affirmative Cases

Immigration Legal Resource Center (August 31, 2018)

This Practice Advisory answers common questions about the risks of filing affirmative SIJS cases for youth in a variety of scenarios, such as when the youth has a delinquency history, the youth is over the age of 18, or the youth is alleged to be gang-involved.

Sep 12
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Trump’s Executive Order and the Flores Settlement Explained

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors

Trump’s Executive Order and the Flores Settlement Explained

Refugees International (June, 2018)

An issue brief on the Flores Settlement Agreement and President Trump’s executive order to detain children together with their parents while criminal or immigration proceedings are being resolved.

 

Sep 12
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The Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children and Families

By | Child Well-Being, CICW Publications, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research Briefs, Research Highlight, Social Work, Trauma

The Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children and Families

Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Erin Sugrue, Augsburg University; Jacquelynn Duron, Rutgers University; Dianne Ciro, San Diego State University; Amy Messex, New Mexico Highlands University; Scholars Taking Action for Families (STAFF): A CICW Workgroup (September 12, 2018)

This NEW CICW research brief summarizes recent findings on the negative consequences of parental incarceration on children and families, identifies the connection to detention of immigrant parents, and provides practice and policy recommendations.

Sep 10
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Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Parenting, Public Charge, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use

Jeanne Batalova, Michael Fix, and Mark Greenberg, Migration Policy Institute ( June 2018)

The expected public charge rule could have wide-reaching effects on legal immigration to the United States and lead to a sharp drop in use of public benefits by legally present non-citizens and their dependents. This report analyzes use of public benefits by non-citizens, naturalized citizens, and the U.S. born to understand the potential magnitude of the draft proposed rule’s effects.

 

Sep 06
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Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families in California

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, State Policies, Topics

Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families in California

The Children’s Partnership & California Policy Center (August, 2018)

The Children’s Partnership and the California Immigrant Policy Center launched Healthy Mind, Healthy Future, a research and policy project focused on better understanding the impact of immigration enforcement on the mental health and wellbeing of children in immigrant families.

Sep 01
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Recommendations for Reunifying Separated Family Members

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Recommendations for Reunifying Separated Family Members

Kids in Need of Defense (July 13, 2018)

In this publication, KIND outlines its recommendations for separated children, detained parents, and deported parents to ensure the best interests of these families and protect their access to due process.

 

Aug 22
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Fact Sheet: No Child Should Face Immigration Court Alone

By | Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Unaccompanied Minors

Fact Sheet: No Child Should Face Immigration Court Alone

Kids in Need of Defense (August 22, 2018)

This fact sheet provides some statistics on the number of unaccompanied children in the U.S., what legal protections the have, how KIND advocates for these children, and what others can do.

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