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Immigration Enforcement

Unaccompanied Children from Central America – Caught in the Crosshairs of President Trump’s Executive Orders

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Unaccompanied Children from Central America – Caught in the Crosshairs of President Trump’s Executive Orders

KIND (March 24, 2017)

Recent Executive Orders are evaluated for how they continue to affect unaccompanied children and their parents or guardians.

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The Effect of Hostile Immigration Policies on Children’s Mental Health

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

The Effect of Hostile Immigration Policies on Children’s Mental Health

The Children’s Partnership (March 2017)

Psychological harm and behavioral consequences from fear and stress can occur in children of immigrant families even if parents are not deported or detained.

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Family Preparedness Plan

By | Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Kinship Care, Practice Highlight, Spanish Resources, Youth & Families

Family Preparedness Plan

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (March 2017)

This planning guide (also available in Spanish and Chinese) helps immigrant parents in undocumented or mixed-status families prepare for the unexpected through concrete steps like arranging for alternative care for children if it should be needed.

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Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview

By | Child Well-Being, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Research, Resources, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview

William Kandel, Congressional Research Service (January 2017)

This report provides background and scope on the situation of unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. as well as the current related policy landscape and practice in various government agencies to address this population.

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Empty Benches: Underfunding of Immigration Courts Undermines Justice

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

Empty Benches: Underfunding of Immigration Courts Undermines Justice

American Immigration Council (June 17, 2016)

The shortage of immigration judges is one of the major problems affecting the U.S. immigration system. Over the past decade, Congress has increased immigration enforcement funding exponentially, yet has not provided the immigration courts with the funding to respond, creating a major backlog that threatens the integrity of the immigration justice system.

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Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

By | Deportation, Detention, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Practice Highlight, Safety, Social Work, Social Workers, Spanish Resources, Unaccompanied Minors

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

United We Dream’s Dream Educational Empowerment Program, National Immigration Law Center, First Focus, American Federation of Teachers (2016)

This guide gives practical advice to educators and school support staff that can inform their actions and be shared with immigrant families.

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Forgotten Children of Immigration and Family Law: How the Absence of Legal Aid Affects Children in the United States

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Forgotten Children of Immigration and Family Law: How the Absence of Legal Aid Affects Children in the United States

Mary O’Neill, Parisa Bagheri, and Alexis Sarnicola, Family Court Review (Oct 17, 2015)

Both unaccompanied alien children and citizen children whose parents are undocumented suffer without legal representation. This article examines their plight without legal advocacy. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)

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Implications of Immigration Enforcement Activities for the Well Being of Children in Immigrant Families: A Review of the Literature

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

Implications of Immigration Enforcement Activities for the Well Being of Children in Immigrant Families: A Review of the Literature

Randy Capps, Heather Koball, Andrea Campetella, Krista Perreira, Sarah Hooker and Juan Manuel Pedroza, Urban Institute and Migration Policy Institute (Sept 2015)

This report explores the impacts of parental deportation on children, the health and social service gaps of children with detained parents, and the changes caused by US immigration enforcement in the composition of undocumented populations.

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A Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies, and Responses

By | Deportation, Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Unaccompanied Minors

A Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies, and Responses

American Immigration Council (June 2015)

This guide provides information about the tens of thousands of children who have fled their homes in Central America and arrived at our southern border. It seeks to explain the basics about who these children are, what happens to them when they arrive in the U.S., laws in place to help them, and proposed legislation to help these children.

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Parenting in the Context of Deportation Risk

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Language Issues, Parenting, Research, Resources, Safety, State Policies, Trauma

Parenting in the Context of Deportation Risk

Jodi Berger Cardoso, University of Houston; Monica Faulkner & Jennifer Scott, University of Texas at Austin (June 2015)

This brief highlights the findings from a collaboration between the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Austin that examined the experiences of 40 undocumented Latino parents to better understand their experiences of living “without papers” in Texas.

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