Employment-Based Immigration Visas for DACA Recipients
Krsna Avila & Dan Berger, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (January 22, 2024)
This practice advisory reviews common employment-based visa options for DACA recipients.
What You Need to Know About Public Charge
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (March 4, 2024)
This Community Explainer reviews public charge, who it impacts, and what immigrants should know regarding certain public benefits and their family’s immigration circumstances.
Health Risks of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in Federal Custody and in US Communities
Janine Young, Warren Binford, Michael Garcia Bochenek, and Jordan Greenbaum; American Journal of Public Health (February 21, 2024)
A group of medical and legal experts provide an overview health risks for unaccompanied children in U.S. federal custody and recommendations to improve their health and well-being during custody and once released to sponsors.
Families Torn Apart: Language-Based Discrimination at the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law & Justice (January 2021)
This reports explores research on the extent to which the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) provided adequate language access to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals. Findings identified a failure to provide these federally mandated services and critical implications and disparities for the experiences of LEP families who become involved with DCF.
Framework for Considering the Best Interests of Unaccompanied Children
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (May 2016)
This document provides a framework for how immigration officials could consider the best interests of unaccompanied children throughout their decision-making continuum from apprehension to placement to release and repatriation.
Correcting Course: Restoring the critical protection of placement in licensed facilities for children in federal immigration custody
Neha Desai, Emma McGinn, & Laura Alvarez; National Center for Youth Law (April 2023)
This briefing explores the erosion of state child welfare licensing procedures for facilities that house unaccompanied minors and offers recommendations to restore important protections.
Through Iceboxes and Kennels: How Immigration Detention Harms Children and Families
Luis Zayas, Oxford University Press (May 2023)
This book reviews the history and politics of immigration enforcement and detention centers operated by private prison companies, featuring the stories of children and parents and highlighting the negatives impacts to children’s growth and development.
An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families
Kristina K. Lovato, Megan Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, Effie Clayton & Kelechi Chinyere Wright; Journal of Public Child Welfare (March 18, 2024)
This study examined child welfare system models for serving immigrant children and families. Findings highlight the importance of specialization of immigrant-related knowledge and skill sets, relationships with consulates and external stakeholders, and innovative engagement approaches.
Correcting Course: Restoring the critical protection of placement in licensed facilities for children in federal immigration custody
Neha Desai, Emma McGinn, & Laura Alvarez; National Center for Youth Law (April 2023)
This briefing reviews the history of state licensed care for children in federal immigration custody, its requirements and recent erosion, and provides recommendations to decrease the government’s reliance on unlicensed placements and restore the protections of state licensing.
