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Dec 07
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Serving Immigrant Children & Families with Child Welfare System Involvement: Promising Models for Meeting Complex Needs at the Intersection of Immigration & Child Welfare

By | CICW Publications, CICW Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Language Issues, New CICW Resources, Parental Interests Directive, Practice, Reports, Social Work, Social Workers, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), State Policies, Transnational Resources, Unaccompanied Minors

Serving Immigrant Children & Families with Child Welfare System Involvement: Promising Models for Meeting Complex Needs at the Intersection of Immigration & Child Welfare

Sophia Sepp, Effie Clayton, Megan Finno-Velasquez & Kristina Lovato; Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (December 2023)

The resource explores the specialized models that child welfare agencies in CA, NJ, NM, NYC, and OR have implemented in order to meet the unique needs of immigrant children and families who become involved with the child welfare system.

Nov 28
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The Double Exclusion of Immigrant Youth

By | Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

The Double Exclusion of Immigrant Youth

Laila Hlass, Rachel L. Davidson & Austin Kocher, The Georgetown Law Journal (September 6, 2023)

This article documents the many barriers encountered by children seeking SIJS, including avoidable delays, inconsistent denial rates, and a growing backlog of SIJS petitioners, and calls for action to improve the SIJS program.

Sep 28
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A Pathway to Permanency: Collaborating for the Futures of Children who are Immigrants in the Child Welfare System

By | Child Welfare System Research, Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Research, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

A Pathway to Permanency: Collaborating for the Futures of Children who are Immigrants in the Child Welfare System

Joanne Gottesman, Randi Mandelbaum & Meredith Pindar; Child Welfare League of America (2019)

This article explores the unique statewide collaboration between Rutgers Law School and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families to provide immigration legal services to children in foster care, including the purpose, structure, and staffing of the collaboration and services offered.

Sep 28
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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Predicate Order Resource Center

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Predicate Order Resource Center

Project Lifeline

This resource center provides a repository of resources on the law and best practices for representing undocumented children in state juvenile courts and understanding where to look for more information. It includes a Predicate Order State-by-State Age-Out Analysis as a quick reference guide on SIJS laws/statutes in different states.

Feb 27
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An Overview of USCIS’s New SIJS Regulations

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

An Overview of USCIS’s New SIJS Regulations

Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (January 23, 2023)

This practice advisory reviews new Special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) petition regulations, including policy changes on evidentiary requirements, marital status, getting updates on petitions, and more.

Oct 26
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Unaccompanied Children & Immigration 101

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Unaccompanied Minors

Unaccompanied Children & Immigration 101

American Bar Association (2022)

This webpage contains a variety of introductory videos on topics related to working with unaccompanied immigrant children, including asylum, removal proceedings, trauma-informed lawyering, legal relief, and more.

May 31
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Adjustment of Status through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Adjustment of Status through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Andrew Craycroft and Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (March 29, 2022)

This advisory provides an overview of the SIJS-based adjustment of status process with a step-by-step guidance for both the affirmative process (i.e., for youth not in removal proceedings), and for the defensive process (i.e., for youth who are in removal proceedings).

Mar 31
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Policy Alert: Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification and Deferred Action

By | Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Policy Alert: Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification and Deferred Action

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (March 7, 2022)

This policy alert from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services highlights the changes to the new Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) policy.

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