Understanding Extreme Hardship in Waivers
ILRC Attorneys, ILRC (Jan 31, 2018)
This advisory provides an overview of hardship in waivers: when you need to prove hardship, whose hardship counts, and what is hardship.
View ResourceGuide for Developing and Implementing Child Welfare Practice Models
Jan McCarthy, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (Oct, 2012)
This guide offers an overall framework for developing, implementing and/or strengthening a family centered practice model, cites specific examples from States and Tribes, and provides additional information to help child welfare agencies and their partners make informed choices in selecting their approaches to this important work.
View GuideABA Legal Fact Check: Confused About ‘Chain Migration’? Here’s How It Works
American Bar Association/Law and Crime (March 5, 2018)
This fact checking piece by the ABA examines the meaning and origin of the term “chain migration” and how it is being used today to shape the public’s view of immigrant families coming to the U.S.
View ResourceTrump’s Immigration Policies Are Harming American Children
Leila Schochet, Center for American Progress (July 31, 2017)
This issue brief discusses how Trump’s immigration policies impact young children and details current research on the impacts of breaking families apart, instilling fear in immigrant communities, and preventing families from accessing programs that meet children’s basic needs.
Read Report Spanish VersionChanges to “Public Charge” Instructions in the U.S. State Department’s Manual
National Immigration Law Center (Feb 8, 2018)
The Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) provides instructions that officials in U.S. embassies and consulates abroad use to make decisions about whether to grant non–U.S. citizens permission to enter the U.S. This resource provides information about recent changes to the FAM.
View ResourceChild Maltreatment 2016
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Children’s Bureau (Feb 1, 2018)
This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2016.
View ReportRaising Teens in a New Country: A Guide for the Whole Family
Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (January 2018)
This resource was created for parents and teens who are new to the U.S., and for the service providers who work with them, with topics ranging from cultural identity to school and community engagement to higher education, and more. Available in English, Arabic, and Spanish.
Get the GuideThe Trump Administration’s “Public Charge” Attack on Immigrant Families
Jenny Rejeske (NILC) and Madison Hardee (CLASP), National Immigration Law Center (Jan 2018)
A fact sheet addressing anticipated regulations forcing millions of families to choose between the denial of status (or even deportation) and public benefits.
Get the Fact SheetInfographic: The Average Day of Low-Income Latino Parents
Claudia Vega, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (Jan 2018)
This infographic compares an average day of a low-income Latino parent to that of their low-income white and black peers.
View the InfographicLatino U.S.-Citizen Children of Immigrants: A Generation at High Risk
Lisseth Rojas-Flores, Foundation for Child Development: Young Scholars Program (Jan 9, 2018)
Children of immigrants are growing up in an environment of aggressive immigration policies and practices. This paper reviews research on the social circumstances affecting this population, the consequences of immigration policies and practices on child well-being, and the impact of parental legal status on child development.
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