In Citizenship, Daisy Hernández braids memoir, history, and cultural criticism to challenge the myths surrounding American citizenship, drawing on her own family’s immigrant stories to illuminate the laws and customs we use to define who belongs, and who doesn’t.
A study of 240 immigrant families in New Mexico found that help-seeking attitudes and access to coordinated health and social services are key drivers of mental health service use, highlighting the need for culturally informed outreach and integrated care for immigrant families in the border region.
According to this Marshall Project analysis, the number of children held in ICE detention has surged more than sixfold under the second Trump administration, from an average of 25 children per day under Biden to around 170.
This policy brief argues that government-enforced family separation is not merely a regulatory decision but a traumatic severing of family bonds that undermines child welfare, destabilizes communities, and violates children’s fundamental right to safety and belonging.
This report discusses how recent policy changes within ORR that break down pathways to release are keeping children in detention for prolonged periods of time
This parent-facing brochure offers guidance on how to talk with children about immigration enforcement and raids in their communities.
This toolkit clarifies which public benefits — including SNAP, Medicaid, and Head Start — immigrant families may still be eligible for, addressing the confusion around eligibility rules that causes many families to forgo food and nutrition support they qualify for.
The Trump administration is seeking to deport five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, the Ecuadorian boy detained in Minneapolis, just days after he returned home to Minnesota following weeks at a Texas family detention facility.
A federal judge ruled that the deportation of three migrant families — who had already been separated under Trump’s first-term family separation policy — was unlawful and ordered the government to return them to the U.S.
Eight children detained with their parents at a Texas immigration facility describe their experience through letters and drawings, offering a glimpse into the suffering of the hundreds of kids currently held in detention.
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