What Part of Legal Immigration Don’t You Understand?
Mike Flynn & Shikha Dalmia, Reason Magazine (October 2009)
This document provides a visual graphic of the pathways through the U.S. immigration system in order to attain legal status.
Legal Resource List
Center on Immigration & Child Welfare, Corinne Wolfe Center for Child & Family Justice (April 2019)
This document highlights legal resources related to child welfare, public benefits, separated children, special immigrant juvenile status, and trauma responsive practice.
Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (March 22, 2019)
This webinar reviews recent developments that affect TPS and DED clients, including litigation challenges, advocacy efforts, and best practice recommendations.
Advocating for the International Child
Susannah Volpe and Pamela Kemp, National Association of Counsel for Children Conference (August 2017)
This article provides an overview of legal options, advocacy strategies, and useful tools for navigating situations in which child welfare and child protection work intersects with immigration enforcement.
Research Estimating Impact of Proposed Public Charge Rule: What Study to Use?
Protecting Immigrant Families (November 2018)
This document is a running summary of demographic and economic research estimating the impact of the Trump administration’s proposed public charge rule. The document includes information on each research product’s key findings and data sources and suggests best uses for each product while describing the limitations of each research product.
Family-Based Adjustment of Status Options
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 2018)
A noncitizen can pursue lawful permanent residence through a family member in two different ways—one, through consular processing at a U.S. consulate abroad,1 or two, through adjustment of status at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) office or Immigration Court in the United States. This advisory focuses on family-based adjustment of status through INA § 245(a) and INA § 245(i).
Viaje A Tu Seguridad
KIND (February 19, 2019)
This is a publication in comic book form for unaccompanied children to help them understand asylum and the process of seeking asylum in the United States. It is also to be used as a resource for those who work with unaccompanied children.
Responding to Inappropriate RFEs and NOIDS in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases
Sharon Hing, Alison Kamhi, and Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 2018)
This practice advisory provides an overview of the law governing RFEs and NOIDs, outlines the changes to USCIS policy announced in the July 2018 Policy Memo, and sets forth a six-step process to follow when responding to requests for additional evidence. Also included are sample arguments to make when responding to common RFE and NOID scenarios in the SIJS context.
Application of the Child Status Protection Act to the Children of U.S. Citizen Petitioners
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 2018)
This practice advisory is one of a series of ILRC Practice Advisories on the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).1 CSPA, enacted on August 6, 2002, is a complex law that applies in different ways to different types of immigrant offspring. The overall intent of this law is to compensate for delays in processing that in the past caused the children of immigrants to age out and become ineligible for certain immigration benefits through their parents.
Applying Child Development Research to Immigration Policy
María A. Ramos-Olazagasti, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (November 2018)
This brief discusses how research on child development, neuroscience, and trauma can inform federal policy regarding the treatment of children and their families arriving at our nation’s border.
