This brief examines the challenges immigrant families with children face in accessing basic housing, food, and healthcare needs, along with their immigration-related fears about using services and concerns about deportation and policy changes.
This report shares findings from focus groups with undocumented Hispanic adults or adults living with an undocumented immigrant to provide insight into the experiences of these families amid the current environment.
This study examined the emotional responses and the immigration socialization process for children in California navigating the immigration policy climate.
This brief analyzes the potential negative effects of increased immigration enforcement under the Trump administration on family health, well-being, and the long-term stability of communities, the workforce, and the economy.
This resource reviews the Trump administration’s new registration requirement for non-citizens.
This know your rights resource provides guidance on what to do in an interaction with an immigration enforcement official in the event of a “welfare check” on unaccompanied children.
This page reviews Washington’s Family Separation Response Task Force, created by Governor Ferguson’s in January 2025, which works to improve statewide policies and develop resources to protect children whose parents face immigration detention or deportation.
This article explores an argument for radical reform of the child welfare system to better serve immigrant children and families who face the dual risks from immigration enforcement and child welfare involvement, proposing policy changes to improve service delivery and equity for these children and families.
This policy brief explores how immigration enforcement and anti-immigrant policies act as adverse childhood experiences, creating negative consequences for children’s psychological, physical, and socioeconomic well-being.
This resource reviews how schools are responding to shifting immigration enforcement policies under the second Trump administration to preserve educational access for immigrant students.
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