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Fact Sheet: No Child Should Face Immigration Court Alone

By | Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Unaccompanied Minors

Fact Sheet: No Child Should Face Immigration Court Alone

Kids in Need of Defense (August 22, 2018)

This fact sheet provides some statistics on the number of unaccompanied children in the U.S., what legal protections the have, how KIND advocates for these children, and what others can do.

Pre-Migration Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Functioning among Central American Migrants Arriving at the US Border

By | Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Research Highlight, Trauma

Pre-Migration Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Functioning among Central American Migrants Arriving at the US Border

Allen Keller, Amy Joscelyne, Megan Granski, and Barry Rosenfeld, PLoS ONE (January 10, 2017)

This study examines pre-migration trauma exposure and current mental health status of migrant families arriving at the U.S. border from the Northern Triangle region, with a focus on why they left their home country and the frequency of qualifying for asylum.

Detaining Families: A Study of Asylum Adjudication in Family Detention

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal/Law

Detaining Families: A Study of Asylum Adjudication in Family Detention

Ingrid Eagly, Esq., Steven Shafer, Esq. and Jana Whalley, Esq., American Immigration Council  (August 16, 2018)

This report presents findings from an empirical analysis of asylum adjudication in family detention. Based on government data from over 18,000 immigration court proceedings, this report documents how families detained in U.S. family detention centers proceeded through the court process. It reveals a growing system of detention that presents serious barriers to justice and a fair court process for asylum-seeking families.

Oversight of the Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Oversight of the Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children

United States Senate, Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (August 15, 2018)

This report documents findings related to the oversight of federal government programs designed to care for unaccompanied children and ensure they are not trafficked or abused The subcommittee has focused on weaknesses in the care of unaccompanied children and placement with sponsors.

Legal Referrals for Asylum Seeking Families

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight

Legal Referrals for Asylum Seeking Families

The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (August 2018)

ASAP has created a spreadsheet of Legal Referrals for Asylum-Seeking Families, which lists (1) hundreds of private immigration attorneys in many states and (2) information on pro se help desks and other limited scope representation efforts in various cities. Additional resources are available here.

Uncovering the Government’s Internal Family Separation Policies, Guidance, and Data

By | Family Separation, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Uncovering the Government’s Internal Family Separation Policies, Guidance, and Data

American Immigration Council (June 27, 2018)

The American Immigration Council and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP filed a complaint on June 27, 2018 challenging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) failure to response to FOIA requests compelling government agencies to produce documents regarding family separation policies, guidance, and data.

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