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.
View ResourceThis 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.
Access Full ReportThis advisory provides an overview of hardship in waivers: when you need to prove hardship, whose hardship counts, and what is hardship.
View ResourceThis fact checking piece by the ABA examines the meaning and origin of the term “chain migration” and how it is being used today to shape the public’s view of immigrant families coming to the U.S.
View ResourceThe Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) provides instructions that officials in U.S. embassies and consulates abroad use to make decisions about whether to grant non–U.S. citizens permission to enter the U.S. This resource provides information about recent changes to the FAM.
View ResourceA fact sheet addressing anticipated regulations forcing millions of families to choose between the denial of status (or even deportation) and public benefits.
Get the Fact SheetThis toolkit is geared toward foster care caseworkers to ensure that SIJS-eligible children receive the assistance and case monitoring they need during the SIJS application process.
Get the ToolkitA three-part analysis of existing public opinion research, media coverage, and social media discourse concerning sanctuary jurisdictions, DACA, and related immigration policies – and provide practical recommendations for talking about these issues with persuadable audiences.
Read the AnalysisIn light of the recent announcement of an end to many TPS designations, this edition of Policy Beat explores the TPS programs, current countries of designation, and the history of TPS rescissions over the years, as well as the reasons for not extending those designations.
Read the ArticleAuthors explore DREAM Act critics’ stipulation that “chain migration” would occur if DREAMers were legalized as DREAMers could eventually sponsor their family members for green card.
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