This review examines how the complex U.S. immigration system affects immigrant families’ access to opportunity, health, education, and safety. It urges scholars to study impacts from the migration journey through settlement while centering ethics in research with families made vulnerable by immigration laws.
This bulletin brief explains how the Trump administration is limiting non-citizens’ access to the immigration courts, especially by arresting them outside of courtrooms.
This guide provides important steps for parents at risk of detention or deportation to consider to ensure their child’s well-being.
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.
This resource for immigrant parents outlines the rights that parents have while being apprehended and detained by ICE. Additional languages are forthcoming.
This guide equips professionals with trauma-informed, child-centered strategies to help children prepare for potential immigration enforcement encounters while managing their emotional well-being and safety.
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.
This resource, available in English and Spanish, provides immigrant parents with mental health support, safety planning guidance, and strategies for talking with their children during immigration enforcement, addressing the emotional toll of federal immigration policies on families and communities.
This framing brief provides research-based tools and narratives to help advocates build public support for immigrant youth by challenging divisive messaging and fostering a sense of shared belonging and community investment in their wellbeing.
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.
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