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A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children

Kids in Need of Defense (October 9, 2018)

This updated publication provides a detailed timeline of the Trump administration’s actions to rollback child protections. The timeline details when all these actions took place, who put them into action, and what the impact on children is.

Challenges to TPS terminations

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Topics

Challenges to TPS terminations

Catholic Legal Network, Inc. ( October 12, 2018)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for nationals of Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, El Salvador, Nepal, and Honduras. In the wake of these termination decisions, several different cases have been filed in U.S district courts.

Newcomer Central American Immigrants’ Access to Legal Services

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Research Highlight, Topics

Newcomer Central American Immigrants’ Access to Legal Services

Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, Dennis Stinchcomb & Jodi Berger Cardoso (September 18, 2018)

This report focuses on Central American Immigrants’ access to legal services. It documents legal service gaps, catalogues the principal challenges confronting community-based legal service providers, and highlights strategies for enhancing service provider capacity and overcoming access barriers.

Acquisition & Derivation Quick Reference Charts

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Topics

Acquisition & Derivation Quick Reference Charts

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (October 5, 2018)

These three charts outline the different requirements for acquiring and deriving citizenship for children. Because the law governing acquisition and derivation has changed many times and is generally not retroactive, these charts detail what the eligibility requirements are depending on the time period in question.

A Call to Action: Re-imagining Social Work Practice With Unaccompanied Minors

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Youth, Legal/Law, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers, Unaccompanied Minors

A Call to Action: Re-imagining Social Work Practice With Unaccompanied Minors

Kerri Evans, Kylie Diebold, & Rocío Calvo; Advances in Social Work (September 18, 2018)
This article is a call to action for social workers who may work with unaccompanied minors (UAM) and provides recommendations related to topics like UAM’s rights, service availability, trust building, creating welcoming school environments, and more.

How to Talk About Public Charge with Immigrants and Their Families

By | Highlighted Resources, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Public Charge, Social Work, Social Workers, Topics

How to Talk About Public Charge with Immigrants and Their Families

Protecting Immigrant Families (August 7, 2018)

This document reviews key Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign messages and talking points related to communicating with immigrant communities about the Trump era public charge rule.

Trump’s Executive Order and the Flores Settlement Explained

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors

Trump’s Executive Order and the Flores Settlement Explained

Refugees International (June, 2018)

An issue brief on the Flores Settlement Agreement and President Trump’s executive order to detain children together with their parents while criminal or immigration proceedings are being resolved.

 

Recommendations for Reunifying Separated Family Members

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Recommendations for Reunifying Separated Family Members

Kids in Need of Defense (July 13, 2018)

In this publication, KIND outlines its recommendations for separated children, detained parents, and deported parents to ensure the best interests of these families and protect their access to due process.

 

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