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Immigration Enforcement

Know Your Parental Rights If You Are Arrested by ICE Inside the United States

By | Deportation, Detention, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Youth & Families

Know Your Parental Rights If You Are Arrested by ICE Inside the United States

Women’s Refugee Commission  (March 3, 2018)

These fact sheets provide information and guidance in both English and Spanish about a parent’s rights in the event they are arrested by ICE in the interior of the U.S.

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DHS Sensitive Locations Policy

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

DHS Sensitive Locations Policy

CLINIC (Feb 12, 2018)

DHS Sensitive Locations Policy outlines how and to what extent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can engage in enforcement actions in sensitive locations such as schools, places of worship and hospitals. This resource is available for download in both English and Spanish.

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Immigration Enforcement & Child Welfare

By | Child Well-Being, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Safety, Social Work, Social Workers, State Policies, Unaccompanied Minors

Immigration Enforcement & Child Welfare

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Dec 11, 2017)

This resource for child welfare social workers provides updates on immigration policy affecting children and families, discusses how immigration enforcement impacts the child welfare system, describes protections that exist to help keep immigrant families intact, and provides resources for social workers to support and work more effectively with immigrant families.

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Impacts of Immigration Actions and News and the Psychological Distress of U.S. Latino Parents Raising Adolescents

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Research Highlight

Impacts of Immigration Actions and News and the Psychological Distress of U.S. Latino Parents Raising Adolescents

Kathleen M. Roche, M.S.W., Ph.D., Elizabeth Vaquera, Ph.D., Rebecca M. B. White, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Maria Ivonne Rivera, M.P.H., Journal of Adolescent Health (Jan 29, 2018)

This study describes how recent immigrant policy changes and news are impacting the lives of Latina/o immigrant parents raising adolescent children.

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Fact Sheet: Policies and Procedures Involving Detained Parents and Legal Guardians

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

Fact Sheet: Policies and Procedures Involving Detained Parents and Legal Guardians

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (March 2018)

Intersection of Immigration with Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems

By | CICW Publications, Foster Care, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Reports, Resources, Social Work, State Policies

Intersection of Immigration with Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems: A Review of Research, Policy, and Practice

Megan Finno-Velasquez, Ph.D. and Jill K. Pardini, MPP, CICW and AECF (March 15, 2018)

This report reviews existing literature on immigrant children and families who encounter the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems to assess the needs, current relevant policies and practices, and existing gaps in research related to this population.

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Our Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work, State Policies, State Policy

Our Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children

Hannah Matthews, Rebecca Ullrich, and Wendy Cervantes, CLASP (March 1, 2018)

This report documents how the current immigration context is affecting our nation’s youngest children, under age eight, based on interviews and focus groups in 2017 with more than 150 early childhood educators and parents in six states—California, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

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Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Harming American Children

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Early Childhood, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Spanish Resources, Trauma

Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Harming American Children

Leila Schochet, Center for American Progress (July 31, 2017)

This issue brief discusses how Trump’s immigration policies impact young children and details current research on the impacts of breaking families apart, instilling fear in immigrant communities, and preventing families from accessing programs that meet children’s basic needs.

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How Today’s Immigration Enforcement Policies Impact Children, Families, and Communities

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

How Today’s Immigration Enforcement Policies Impact Children, Families, and Communities

Joanna Dreby, Center for American Progress, Aug 20, 2012

This report looks at how immigration enforcement impacts family life in the U.S., both among immigrant and mixed-status families, and in their wider communities.

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