This practice advisory offers guidance to help practitioners navigate removal proceedings for clients with pending or approved SIJS.
This policy brief, co-authored by Dr. Kristina Lovato, Director of CICW, presents the first comprehensive analysis of state-level guidance on immigration enforcement in schools following federal changes to the Sensitive Locations Policy.
New research by the Migration Policy Institute outlines the catastrophic effect that Trump’s Executive Order repealing birthright citizenship would have on immigrant families and children, including stripping citizenship from approximately 255,000 U.S.-born children annually and adding millions to the unauthorized population over the coming decades.
This resource reviews key considerations and recommendations on how child protection agencies can address the immigration needs of non-citizen children in foster care.
This advisory outlines strategies for advocating against a client’s deportation and ensuring a strong record for appeal during removal proceedings for clients seeking SIJS.
This practice alert reviews successful and unsuccessful arguments for use when an SIJS petition is filed on or after the youth’s 21st birthday.
This learning brief for service providers working with youth and young adult (YYA) immigrants reviews YYA experiences, immigration statuses and opportunities, and best practices for creating culturally and linguistically accessible programs.
This explainer reviews access and restrictions to public benefits for immigrants.
This practice advisory reviews the new “Keeping Families Together” parole in place process for certain spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens.
This 5-module online asynchronous, self-paced course explores how service organizations and practitioners can implement policies and practices to increase inclusivity of immigrant families, and how trauma-informed practice can be tailored to address the unique experiences of immigrant families. It also includes discussion of a model for implementing immigrant specialist navigators within organizations. 6 free cultural social work CEUs available. Learn more here: https://cimmcw.org/immigrant-inclusivity-training/ or enroll at the link above.
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