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Jun 27
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Court Halts Trump Administration Policy Prolonging Court Halts Trump Administration Policy Prolonging Detention of Hundreds Of Immigrant Children

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Court Halts Trump Administration Policy Prolonging Court Halts Trump Administration Policy Prolonging Detention of Hundreds Of Immigrant Children

New York Civil Liberties Union (June 27, 2018)

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction ending a policy of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) requiring Trump-appointed director Scott Lloyd to personally review and approve the release of any detained immigrant child who is or has ever been in a heightened supervision placement while in ORR custody.

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Jun 26
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Supporting Children and Parents Affected by the Trauma of Separation

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma, Youth & Families

Supporting Children and Parents Affected by the Trauma of Separation

 Child Trends and the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families, (June 2018)

As public officials and communities turn to the task of reuniting and supporting immigrant children and parents separated at the border, they face the difficult but critical work of helping these families heal after the trauma they have endured.In this brief, Maria A. Ramos-Olazagasti, a Center investigator, teams up with Jessica Dym Bartlett, a Child Trends expert on early child trauma, to offer research-based guidance for parents, communities, states, and the federal government.

Jun 21
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By separating immigrant families, we’ve caused irreparable harm. It’s time to make amends.

By | In the News

By separating immigrant families, we’ve caused irreparable harm. It’s time to make amends.

Luis H. Zayas, USA Today (June 21, 2018)

As a behavioral scientist, I know the pain I hear from these children is causing serious damage that has been wrought on these vulnerable lives. The need for the human bond is profound for infants, toddlers and older children. It is the attachment that helps in the development of positive social interaction, trust of others and the regulation of emotions and behaviors…

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Jun 20
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Incarcerating Entire Families Cannot Be the Solution to the Separation of Children

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Incarcerating Entire Families Cannot Be the Solution to the Separation of Children

Philip E. Wolgin, Center for American Progress (June 20, 2018)

Over the past two weeks, as the public has learned more and more about the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents and keeping them in cages—a practice that former First Lady Laura Bush termed “eerily reminiscent of the internment camps … during World War II”—anger and outrage at the practice has echoed throughout all corners of the nation…

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Jun 20
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Separating kids from parents at the border mirrors a ‘textbook strategy’ of domestic abuse, experts say — and causes irreversible, lifelong damage

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Separating kids from parents at the border mirrors a ‘textbook strategy’ of domestic abuse, experts say — and causes irreversible, lifelong damage

Kevin Loria, Business Insider (June 20, 2018)

Under Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ new “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, everyone who attempts to cross the border is being prosecuted. Because of the way that policy is enforced, 2,000 children were separated from their parents in six weeks. Experts, mental health groups, and human rights organizations say this could cause serious, lasting harm to children and their parents. Here’s how forced family separation affects people for the rest of their lives.

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Jun 20
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Job Announcement: Florence Project Family Separation Attorney Fellow and Legal Assistant Positions

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Job Announcement: Florence Project Family Separation Attorney Fellow and Legal Assistant Positions

The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (June 11, 2018)

The Florence Project is responding to the urgent crisis of family separation by hiring a team to serve immigrant parents and children separated at the border. The Family Separation Fellow and Family Separation Legal Assistant will educate, empower, and provide legal assistance to immigrant families separated at the border–detained adults and unaccompanied immigrant children in removal proceedings in Arizona. These positions have been created in direct response to recent changes in government policies creating a zero tolerance policy at the border, and separating parents from children as an attempt to deter migration.

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Jun 20
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American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 26th Annual Colloquium

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American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 26th Annual Colloquium

The 2019 Call for Papers will be available soon at www.apsac.org or you can email APSAC at jcampbell@apsac.org to request a form. APSAC is soliciting abstracts for training, research, roundtable and poster presentations for the 26th Annual APSAC Colloquium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Join APSAC at one of the field’s premier forums for child maltreatment professionals to offer training presentations and report new research findings. Topics address legal, medical, mental health, investigative, preventive, and protective services work with abused and neglected children, their families, and perpetrators of abuse. Presentations are encouraged on all aspects of child maltreatment, including cultural diversity. Submissions are encouraged on all aspects of child maltreatment, including cultural diversity.

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