DHS Enforcement Priorities Updates
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 22, 2022)
This resource provides a summary and FAQ of the recent federal court ruling regarding DHS immigration enforcement priorities.
Immigrant Children’s Medicaid and CHIP Access and Participation: A Data Profile
Valerie Lacarte, Migration Policy Institute (June 2022)
This policy brief discusses the state of immigrant children’s eligibility and coverage by Medicaid and CHIP in 2019.
Immigrant and Community Integration Step by Step Guide to Local Integration Programming
Ben Brokaw & Leya Speasmaker, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (June 2020)
This resource provides key steps for organizations in the design, implementation, evaluation, and reassessment of immigrant integration endeavors.
Community Integration Toolkit
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (June 21, 2022)
This resource accompanies CLINICS’s “Immigrant and Community Integration Step by Step Guide to Local Integration Programming” to provide additional information content and worksheets to support integration projects.
Interests of Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or Incapacitated Adults
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (July 14, 2022)
The 2022 ICE parental interest directive establishes ICE policies and procedures to protect the parental and/or guardianship rights of parents and legal guardians who are taken into ICE custody.
Confronting Discrimination Based on National and Immigration Status
U.S. Department of Education (August 2021)
This resource highlights key pillars to confronting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education for all students regardless of immigration status.
USCIS Public Charge Resources
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (June 3, 2022)
USCIS has updated its Public Charge Resources Webpage to provide up-to-date information on the public charge ground of inadmissibility and public benefits available to noncitizens.
Fact Sheet: LIFT the Bar Act
First Focus Campaign for Children (September 2021)
This fact sheet provides a summary and background on the proposed LIFT the Bar Act and highlights how this legislation would positively impact children in immigrant families.
Health Coverage of Immigrants
Kaiser Family Foundation (April 6, 2022)
This fact sheet reviews federal and state policy that impact healthcare coverage for immigrants.
Developmental Effects of Parent–Child Separation
Anne Bentley Waddoups, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Kendra Strouf, Annual Reviews (December 2019)
This article discusses the developmental impacts of parent-child separation and provides an evaluation of group, school-based, and community-based interventions for children and youth affected by parent–child separation.
