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Mar 27
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Webinar: Promoting Early Learning for Children of Immigrants: Family and Early Care and Education Supports

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Webinar: Promoting Early Learning for Children of Immigrants: Family and Early Care and Education Supports

Foundation for Child Development (April 3, 2019)
This webinar highlights the benefits of supporting immigrant mothers and fathers as they promote their young children’s early learning at home and school. Lessons learned from two program interventions will be shared: 1) engaging Latina mothers as stakeholders involved in promoting their children’s elementary school achievement, and 2) supporting Mexican-American fathers’ positive parenting of their young children.
Mar 26
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Keeping Immigrant Families in the Child Protection System Together

By | Federal Policy, Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, State Policy

Keeping Immigrant Families in the Child Protection System Together

Ann Park, American Bar Association (March 26, 2019)

This article discusses legislation enacted in California that addresses some of these questions, as well as recent federal policy that helps safeguard the parental rights of undocumented immigrants involved in federal immigration enforcement proceedings. Additionally, this article reviews federal child welfare law and policy that support best practices for working with immigrant families.

Mar 26
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Children as Bait: Impacts of the ORR-DHS Information-Sharing Agreement

By | Immigrant Youth, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Children as Bait: Impacts of the ORR-DHS Information-Sharing Agreement

Women’s Refugee Commission, National Immigrant Justice Center, Washington College of Law (March 26, 2019)

This report reviews the potential impacts of the new Memorandum of Agreement between the HHS and DHS to share information about unaccompanied children in government custody and their prospective sponsors. The report evaluates findings from a survey of individuals involved in the sponsorship application and vetting processes—including attorneys, biometrics technicians and fingerprint specialists, and child advocates—in order to better understand and document the full range of implications of this new MOA.

Mar 22
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Preparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants

By | Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Research Highlight

Preparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants

Erica Greenberg, Victoria Rosenboom, & Gina Adams, Urban Institute (March 22, 2019)
This study describes the characteristics and enrollment of children of immigrants using the most current and comprehensive dataset available: the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten class of 2010-11.
Mar 22
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Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Topics, Youth & Families

Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients

Catholic Legal Immigration Network (March 22, 2019)

This webinar reviews recent developments that affect TPS and DED clients, including litigation challenges, advocacy efforts, and best practice recommendations.

Mar 20
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More Moms and Kids Withdrawing from Nutrition Program Because of Deportation Fears, Administrators Say

By | In the News

More Moms and Kids Withdrawing from Nutrition Program Because of Deportation Fears, Administrators Say

Alfred Lubrano, The Inquirer (March 20, 2019)

Low-income immigrant mothers are skipping the chance to get nutritious foods and help for their infants from a federal program because they fear deportation, or the loss of their children, according to the agencies that distribute those benefits.

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Mar 14
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US Immigration Agents Find Ways Around ‘Sanctuary’ Policies

By | In the News

US Immigration Agents Find Ways Around ‘Sanctuary’ Policies

Astrid Galvan, The Washington Post (March 14, 2019)

Two years after New Mexico’s largest county barred local law enforcement from cooperating with immigration authorities, its leaders learned that the policy was being subverted from within. Staff members at the Bernalillo County jail in Albuquerque were still granting immigration authorities access to its database and, in some cases, tipping them off when a person of interest was being released.

Mar 12
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Dream and Promise Act Provides Needed Solution for Immigrant Families

By | Highlighted Resources, Law/Policy Highlight

Dream and Promise Act Provides Needed Solution for Immigrant Families

CLASP (March 12, 2019)

This statement from CLASP addresses the introduction of the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6) in the House of Representative. This bill would address the crisis faced by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) beneficiaries and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) as a result of the Trump Administration’s actions.

Mar 09
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U.S. Continues to Separate Migrant Families Despite Rollback of Policy

By | In the News
Miriam Jordan and Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times (March 9, 2019)

Nearly nine months after the Trump administration officially rescinded its policy of separating migrant families who have illegally crossed the border, more than 200 migrant children have been taken from parents and other relatives and placed in institutional care, with some spending months in shelters and foster homes thousands of miles away from their parents.

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