The New Registration Requirement: Frequently Asked Questions
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (April 11, 2025)
This resource reviews the Trump administration’s new registration requirement for non-citizens.
Know Your Rights: Officer Interaction
International Rescue Committee (May 2025)
This know your rights resource provides guidance on what to do in an interaction with an immigration enforcement official in the event of a “welfare check” on unaccompanied children.
Washington’s Family Separation Response Task Force
Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (n.d.)
This page reviews Washington’s Family Separation Response Task Force, created by Governor Ferguson’s in January 2025, which works to improve statewide policies and develop resources to protect children whose parents face immigration detention or deportation.
Understanding the Needs of Immigrant Families Who Are Involved in the Public Child Welfare System: A Case for Transformation
Kristina Lovato & Sophia Sepp, Families in Society (May 26, 2025)
This article explores an argument for radical reform of the child welfare system to better serve immigrant children and families who face the dual risks from immigration enforcement and child welfare involvement, proposing policy changes to improve service delivery and equity for these children and families.
Differential Access of Young Children of Immigrants to Special Education in Massachusetts
Cady Landa, Developmental Disabilities Network Journal (February 2023)
This study explores access to special education and inclusive placement for young children of immigrants in Massachusetts.
The impact of immigration detention on children’s mental health: systematic review
Isabella Priestley et al., The British Journal of Psychiatry (April 10, 2025)
This systematic review synthesized data on the detrimental impact of immigration detention on children’s mental health, including high rates of depression and PTSD, underscoring the need for alternative immigration policies that eliminate the detention of children and families.
Central American and Mexican Mothers and Youth Migration-Related Separations and Reunifications
Jodi Berger Cardoso, Arlene Bjugstad, et al., Journal of Loss and Trauma (April 5, 2025)
This study explores the challenges faced by Mexican and Central American mothers and youth reunifying in the U.S. after migration-related separations, highlighting the ongoing trauma, ambiguous loss, migratory grief, and attachment disruptions that impact their relationships, while also noting mothers’ efforts to repair these bonds.
Deportation Threatens the Psychological, Physical, and Socioeconomic Well-being of Children and Families
Society for Research in Child Development (March 2025)
This policy brief explores how immigration enforcement and anti-immigrant policies act as adverse childhood experiences, creating negative consequences for children’s psychological, physical, and socioeconomic well-being.
Schools and Immigrant Students Navigate an Era of Rising Immigration Enforcement
Julie Sugarman, Migration Policy Institute (April 2025)
This resource reviews how schools are responding to shifting immigration enforcement policies under the second Trump administration to preserve educational access for immigrant students.
Policy Approaches to Achieve Health Equity for Immigrant Children
Ben D’Avanzo, Gabrielle Lessard, Jenny Rejeske, Wendy Cervantes, Isha Weerasinghe; Academic Pediatrics (April 4, 2025)
This paper proposes comprehensive policy recommendations to support children in immigrant families, including access to permanent immigration status, culturally responsive mental health services, safe spaces, child-centered immigration policies, expanded access to public programs, and robust research.
