The Long-Lasting Trauma of Family Detention Centers
Dolores K. Schroeder, Time (April 30, 2025)
Advocates raise concerns about conditions for children in federal government custody and the resulting long-lasting trauma family detention causes.
As Trump rushes to deport migrants, many worry children’s rights are being violated
Silvia Foster-Frau, The Washington Post (May 3, 2025)
Fear of child separation policies and concerns of children’s right violations are growing in the wake of recent deportations of US-citizen children.
Door knocks and DNA tests: How the Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids
Amanda Seitz & Alanna Durkin Richer, AP News (May 5, 2025)
The Trump administration is conducting a nationwide review of 450,000 unaccompanied migrant children, under the guise of ensuring their safety, raising concerns among advocates that the review may be used to deport sponsors or children without documentation.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Policy on Migrant Children
Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg (May 9, 2025)
Advocacy groups are suing the Trump Administration to challenge new procedures that have tripled the time migrant children spend in government custody before reunification with sponsors.
An Agency Tasked With Protecting Immigrant Children Is Becoming an Enforcement Arm, Current and Former Staffers Say
Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica (May 14, 2025)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s mission appears to be changing under the Trump administration toward assisting with immigration enforcement efforts.
Why U.S. citizen children sent with their deported moms can’t come back easily
Suzanne Gamboa & Carmen Sesin, NBC News (May 16, 2025)
US citizen children deported with their undocumented parent stand to face many challenges if they wish to return to the U.S.
Welfare check or immigration enforcement? ICE visits Berkeley home
Vanessa Arredondo, Berkeleyside (May 16, 2025)
CICW Director speaks to how ICE is using welfare checks on unaccompanied minors as an immigration enforcement strategy and the importance of families creating “preparedness plans” for such encounters.
Trump administration seeks to end protections for immigrant children in federal custody
Valerie Gonzalez, AP News (May 22, 2025)
The Trump administration is seeking to end the Flores Settlement Agreement, which has long provided protections to child migrants in federal custody.
June & July Training opportunities from Girasol
Girasol • Various dates in June/July
Girasol has 3 upcoming trainings on topics related to working with immigrant populations, including:
- How This Work Affects Us: Secondary Trauma, Grief, and Healing (June 3rd, 2 CEUs)
- Trauma-Informed Work with Mixed-Status Families (June 10th, 2 CEUs)
- Trauma-Informed Interviewing with Immigrant Clients (July 1st, 2 CEUs)
Education for All: How TN Fought Back and Won against an attack on Plyler
Education for All • June 4, 2025 • 11:30amPT/2:30pmET
In this webinar, Education for All Tennessee partners will share their lessons learned about how they defeated Anti-Plyler legislation.
