This bulletin describes key considerations and challenges for child welfare agencies serving immigrant and refugee families and provides systemwide strategies that agencies can use to improve outcomes for this population.
This policy alert outlines new changes to the age calculation process under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) for children trying to obatin LPR status based on a parent’s status.
This practice advisory reviews new Special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) petition regulations, including policy changes on evidentiary requirements, marital status, getting updates on petitions, and more.
This brief summarizes recent updates to key immigration policies, including Title 42, the DACA program, and the public charge rule, and discusses the impacts of these policies on the health and well-being of immigrants.
This policy manual provide key background and information about the final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility, which becomes effective December 23, 2022.
This resource provides an overview of the key services and activities of the NM Children, Youth & Families Department Immigration Unit as a model and guide for child welfare and juvenile justice systems serving immigrant children and families. It is also available in Spanish here.
This factsheet provides information on the current status of DACA given recent court rulings, the impacts if it were to come to an end, and the importance of passing a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients.
This webpage contains a variety of introductory videos on topics related to working with unaccompanied immigrant children, including asylum, removal proceedings, trauma-informed lawyering, legal relief, and more.
This resource outlines key information for immigrants as they navigate access to DACA both currently and when the new rule goes into effect on October 31, 2022.
This practitioner’s guide discusses the potential future of DACA, the current order preventing the processing of initial DACA requests, and how to address this situation with clients.
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