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Immigration Enforcement

A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Legal/Law, Practice, Youth & Families

A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs

Priya Pandey, Rebecca Ullrich, & Alejandra Londono Gomez, The Center for Law and Social Policy (Updated January 22, 2025)

This updated guide provides information and resources to design and implement “safe space” policies that protect early childhood programs against immigration enforcement, and includes sample policy text.

Protecting Assets & Child Custody in the Face of Deportation

By | Deportation, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Protecting Assets & Child Custody in the Face of Deportation

Appleseed Network (Updated June 2025)

This manual, originally published in 2012, and accompanying resources address potential issues immigrant families may confront in the face of deportation and provide guidance for supporting immigrant families facing immigration enforcement.

The Impact of a Broken Immigration System on U.S. Students and Schools

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

The Impact of a Broken Immigration System on U.S. Students and Schools

Patricia Gándara, Lucrecia Santibañez, Jongyeon Joy Ee, & Julieta Rico; UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools, Latino Policy and Politics Institute, and Civil Rights Project (December 4, 2023)

This research brief explores the the harmful consequences of immigration enforcement actions on Latinx children of undocumented immigrants and provides policy and practice recommendations to support immigrant students and their families.

“We Need to Take Away Children”: Zero Accountability Six Years After “Zero Tolerance”

By | Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight

“We Need to Take Away Children”: Zero Accountability Six Years After “Zero Tolerance”

Michael Garcia Bochenek, Human Rights Watch (December 16, 2024)

This new report provides an in-depth look into the consequences of the first Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy, and finds that the resulting forcible family separations were an intentional, targeted policy choice despite knowledge of the inevitable human suffering.

Criminalizing Immigration: The Influence of SB 4, Texas’s Regressive State Deportation Law

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

Criminalizing Immigration: The Influence of SB 4, Texas’s Regressive State Deportation Law

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (October 22, 2024)

This report reviews Texas’ punitive deportation law SB4 and its harmful consequences and identifies copycat policies being pursued by other states across the country.

Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan

By | Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Youth & Families

Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (November 20, 2024)

This toolkit provides guidance on creating a Family Preparedness Plan, which is a critical tool for immigrant families to prepare for immigration-related emergencies. It addresses topics like childcare options in the event of an absent parent, where to find trusted immigration services, and know your rights information. It includes guidance for families regardless of immigration status as well as for undocumented and/or mixed status families.

Fact Sheet: Guidance for Child Welfare Agencies to Prepare for a 2nd Trump Administration

By | CICW Publications, Fact Sheets, Immigration Enforcement, New CICW Resources, Parental Interests Directive, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers

Fact Sheet: Guidance for Child Welfare Agencies to Prepare for a 2nd Trump Administration

Randi Mandelbaum, Rutgers Law School, and Sophia Sepp, Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative (December 2024)

This fact sheet provides 5 top tips for child welfare practitioners and agencies working with immigrant children and families to prepare for anticipated policy changes during the second Trump administration.

Community Leaders’ Perceptions of the Unique Service Barriers and Facilitators Among Immigrant Families With Young Children in the Rural U.S.–Mexico Border Region

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Peer-Reviewed Publications, Public Charge, Research, Research Highlight

Community Leaders’ Perceptions of the Unique Service Barriers and Facilitators Among Immigrant Families With Young Children in the Rural U.S.–Mexico Border Region

Anayeli Lopez, Megan Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, et al.; Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (November 11, 2024)

The study explores the unique service access barriers and facilitators experienced by immigrant families along the rural U.S.–Mexico border from the perspectives of agency and government representatives.

Expected Immigration Policies Under a Second Trump Administration and Their Health and Economic Implications

By | Deportation, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Public Charge

Expected Immigration Policies Under a Second Trump Administration and Their Health and Economic Implications

Drishti Pillai & Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (November 21, 2024)

This issue brief reviews the anticipated immigration policies of President-elect Trump’s 2nd administration and the potential economic and health consequences.

Handcuffed, Pushed, and Afraid: immigrant children share terrifying experiences while in Border Patrol custody

By | Detention, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Safety, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Handcuffed, Pushed, and Afraid: Immigrant children share terrifying experiences while in Border Patrol custody

Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (September 2024)

This report summarizes hundreds of complaints by unaccompanied immigrant children of physical and verbal abuse and lack of hygiene products and medical care while in U.S. Border Patrol custody.

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