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We Are One L.A. Unified: Standing with Immigrant Families

By | Child Well-Being, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Practice Highlight, Safety, Spanish Resources, Youth & Families

We Are One L.A. Unified: Standing with Immigrant Families – Education & Immigration Resource Guide for Families & Students

L.A. Unified School District (Aug 28, 2017)

This resource guide about education and immigration provides immigrant students and their families with safety tips and information about their rights if confronted by ICE.

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Immigration Status and the Healthcare Access and Health of Children of Immigrants

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research Highlight

Immigration Status and the Healthcare Access and Health of Children of Immigrants

Julia Gelatt, Social Science Quarterly, Mar 9, 2016

This study examines how children’s and parents’ immigration status (U.S. born, legal immigrant, or undocumented) is associated with children’s access to insurance and healthcare and with children’s physical health. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)

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Multigenerational Punishment: Shared Experiences of Undocumented Immigration Status Within Mixed-Status Families

By | Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Legal/Law, Research Highlight

Multigenerational Punishment: Shared Experiences of Undocumented Immigration Status Within Mixed-Status Families

Laura Enriquez, Journal of Marriage and Family (April 2015)

U.S. citizen children and their undocumented parents often share risks and limitations associated with undocumented immigration status, characterized here as multigenerational punishment, a distinct form of legal violence where the sanctions intended for a specific population spill over to negatively affect individuals who are not targeted by laws. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)

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