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Immigration Enforcement

Undocumented Immigrants and Their Experience with Illegality

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Undocumented Immigrants and Their Experience with Illegality

Various Authors, The Russell Sage Foundation (July 2017)

The Russell Sage Foundation published this journal issue, with various articles that examine policy changes and how they have affected the welfare of undocumented immigrants, their families, and their communities.

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Make a Plan: Migrant Parents’ Guide to Preventing Family Separation

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Kinship Care, Parental Interests Directive, Practice Highlight, Youth & Families

Make a Plan: Migrant Parents’ Guide to Preventing Family Separation

Women’s Refugee Commission, undated

Available in both English and Spanish, this guide helps immigrant parents understand their rights and prepare for the possibility of separation.

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U.S. Citizen Children Impacted by Immigration Enforcement

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Foster Care, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research Highlight

U.S. Citizen Children Impacted by Immigration Enforcement

by American Immigration Council, March 28, 2017

This fact sheet provides an overview of these citizen children and the risks and challenges they may face as well as mechanisms designed to protect them when a parent is detained/deported.

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Immigration and Child Welfare: What do We Need to Know in 2017?

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Parental Interests Directive, Presentations

Immigration and Child Welfare: What do We Need to Know in 2017?

Amy Lemley, Angie Junck, and Rachel Prandini; John Burton Advocates for Youth and ILRC (June 23, 2017)

This web seminar discusses: 1) what is happening nationally with immigration law and policy; 2) protections for immigrant families in child welfare; and 3) immigration relief options for children and families.

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California’s Due Process Crisis: Access to Legal Counsel for Detained Immigrants

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

California’s Due Process Crisis: Access to Legal Counsel for Detained Immigrants

California Coalition for Universal Representation (June 2017)

This report shows that 68% of detained immigrants in CA are unrepresented. Legal representation can be a major determining factor in the outcome of immigration cases, as those with counsel succeed more than five times as often their unrepresented counterparts. As such, it is both fiscally responsible and morally necessary for CA to defend its residents facing detention and deportation.

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State Immigration Policy Resource

By | Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, State Policies, State Policy

State Immigration Policy Resource

Julia Gelatt; Hamutal Bernstein and Heather Koball, Urban Institute (May 4, 2017)

The Urban Institute’s State Immigration Policy Resource compiles state-level immigrant and immigration policies in three major areas: enforcement, public benefit access, and integration.

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The Basics on ICE Warrants and Detainers

By | Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight

The Basics on ICE Warrants and Detainers

Immigration Legal Resource Center (May 2017)

This fact sheet, subtitled “Why ICE is Sending Immigration Warrants to Local Law Enforcement and What it Means,” explains the differences between warrants and detainers and describes how each is used in immigration enforcement.

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As 100-Day Trump Administration Milestone Approaches, MPI Analyzes Major Immigration Actions in New Fact Sheet

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

As 100-Day Trump Administration Milestone Approaches, MPI Analyzes Major Immigration Actions in New Fact Sheet

Migration Policy Institute (April 25, 2017)

Executive Orders and implementation memos are examined and developments traced in the courts and Congress.

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Five Reasons Trump’s Immigration Policy Enforcement Orders Harm Children

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

Five Reasons Trump’s Immigration Policy Enforcement Orders Harm Children

Wendy Cervantes and Christina Walker, CLASP (April 2017)

Child well-being and long-term development are impacted by policies’ potential harm to parent-child relationships, education, mental health, and economic security.

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Betraying Family Values: How Immigration Policy at the United States Border is Separating Families

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Trauma

Betraying Family Values: How Immigration Policy at the United States Border is Separating Families

Jessica Jones, Katharina Obser, and Jennifer Podkul; KIND, WRC, and LIRS (April 2017)

This report provides details about intentional and unintentional family separation, absence of humanitarian considerations, and effects of these experiences on immigrant families.

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