This webpage contains various state-specific resources to help support immigrants, legal practitioners, and advocates in assisting and preparing families at risk of detention or deportation.
View the WebpageNew “surge initiative” will target parents and other relatives who may try to have children smuggled into the country. Federal administrators announced a new effort to seek out anyone who hires coyotes to bring in children and arrest them, a departure from prior practices.
This new enforcement targets those who had often functioned as sponsors of incoming immigrant children, now jeopardizing placement for the children and forcing the children to stay with other family members or move under the care of ORR. Legal challenges may result.
Read the StoryRuling by U.S. District Court Judge Dolly M Gee finds that the government is disregarding critical protections for children in detention and declares that each case must be individually considered.
Read the StoryCongregation decides unanimously to provide sanctuary to family that would otherwise be separated.
Read the StoryUnaware that he was undocumented, NMSU graduate with a degree in criminal justice loses his mother to deportation and learns his own uncertain status on the same day.
Read the StoryIn Nevada, legal group works to help immigrant children who need representation for documented status.
Read the StoryThis report provides insight into how gender, race, ethnicity and more affect formative developmental experiences in young people. It also provides recommendations for child welfare professionals on how to best support both parents and children through this process.
Read the ReportSIJS is defined to explain its significance for immigrant children and for the role social workers may play in support of the status. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)
Read the AbstractThe Russell Sage Foundation published this journal issue, with various articles that examine policy changes and how they have affected the welfare of undocumented immigrants, their families, and their communities.
Get the JournalEight organizations have collaborated to create a toolkit designed for educators to better support undocumented students and their families with resources including classroom tools and strategies, fact sheets, guides and legal resources, sample resolutions, and social/emotional support resources.
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