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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.

 

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.

Expanding Latino Parents’ Access to Child Development Research through the News Media

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research Highlight, Social Work

Uprooted in Central America and Mexico: Migrant and refugee children face a vicious cycle of hardship and danger

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research Highlight, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors

Uprooted in Central America and Mexico: Migrant and refugee children face a vicious cycle of hardship and danger

UNICEF (August 2018)

This issue of Child Alert examines the root causes of irregular migration from northern Central America and Mexico, and the challenges faced by migrant and refugee children throughout the migration journey. It concludes with a call to action to protect the safety and well-being of these youth.

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.

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