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Aug 12
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Strengthening Child Welfare Practice for Immigrant Children & Families: A Toolkit for Child Welfare Professionals in California

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Strengthening Child Welfare Practice for Immigrant Children & Families: A Toolkit for Child Welfare Professionals in California

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August 12, 2019)

With half of all children in California coming from an immigrant family, child welfare agencies in California must be equipped to effectively support immigrant children and families on the pathway to permanency. The objective of this toolkit is to provide guidance to child welfare agencies in California working with immigrant children and families.

Aug 12
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New Trump Administration Rule Cracks Down on Welfare Benefits Use by Legal Immigrants

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New Trump Administration Rule Cracks Down on Welfare Benefits Use by Legal Immigrants

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (August 12, 2019)

The Trump administration rolled out a key item in its hardline immigration agenda that had been months in the making, issuing a sweeping rule on Monday that targets legal immigrants who use welfare benefits like food stamps and government-subsidized housing.

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Aug 09
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ICE Raid in Mississippi Deals Another Traumatizing Blow to Children on Trump’s Watch

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ICE Raid in Mississippi Deals Another Traumatizing Blow to Children on Trump’s Watch

Cortnie McGinnis, Helen Barahal, & Omar Etman, NBC (August 9, 2019)

For children at the border, the dual trauma of institutionalization and separation, on top of whatever trauma they may have endured during the often-harrowing journey to the United States, may prove developmentally destructive in ways that will reverberate long after the current administration is gone.

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Aug 09
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What ICE Did and Did Not Do for Kids Left Behind by Mississippi Raids

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What ICE Did and Did Not Do for Kids Left Behind by Mississippi Raids

Julia Ainsley & Didi Martinez, NBC News (August 9, 2019)

In the wake of the largest-ever immigration raid in a single state, child welfare services were left grappling with children who came home from school to find their parents had been arrested at one of the seven Mississippi food processing plants targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday.

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Aug 07
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A Trump Administration Proposal is Scaring Immigrant Families Away from Public Benefits

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A Trump Administration Proposal is Scaring Immigrant Families Away from Public Benefits

Gabrielle Jacobovitz, Huffpost (August 7, 2019)

The Trump administration’s proposed changes to a regulation affecting green card and visa applications have prompted immigrants to forgo accessing public benefits, according to an Urban Institute study released on Wednesday.

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Aug 07
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Early Learning Specialist/Home Visitor Procedures – If ICE Knocks on the Door During a Home Visit

By | Early Childhood, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Workers

Early Learning Specialist/Home Visitor Procedures – If ICE Knocks on the Door During a Home Visit

Parent Child Plus (August 2019)

This resource provides know-your-rights information and guidance on procedures for home visitors and other professionals for situations in which ICE comes to a family’s home during a home visit.

Aug 02
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Trump’s Immigration Proposals Don’t Need to Happen to Cause Harm. That’s The Point.

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Trump’s Immigration Proposals Don’t Need to Happen to Cause Harm. That’s The Point.

Gabrielle Jacobovitz, Huffpost (August 2, 2019)

Though Trump has followed through on many similarly harsh anti-immigrant plans, others remain simply threats. But dispersed through proposals, tweets, public provocations, leaks and the media, those unrealized proposals have already had dramatic consequences.

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