President Trump brings back practice of detaining families together
Ximena Bustillo, NPR (March 7, 2025)
The Trump administration is reopening the Karnes and Dilley detention centers in Texas in order to detain immigrant families with children.
GOP bill to bar immigrant kids without legal status from Tennessee public schools advances
Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout (March 12, 2025)
A bill allowing public schools to refuse to enroll children without legal immigration status is advancing in Tennessee.
US drops lawsuit against shelter provider alleging sexual abuse of migrant kids
Sarah N Lynch & Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters (March 13, 2025)
The Dept of Justice has dropped a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse of unaccompanied minors by staff of Southwest Key Programs after HHS stopped placing children in their shelters.
Immigrant children face increased cases of bullying across TX
Freda Ross, Public News Service (March 19, 2025)
Children in immigrant families in Texas are facing increased bullying.
Trump’s New Registration Requirement Could Forcibly Separate Millions of Immigrant Families
Nanya Gupta, Immigration Impact (March 18, 2025)
A new non-citizen registration requirement is poised to cause harm and separation to millions of immigrant families.
Trump administration ‘villainizes’ immigrant families with misleading directive on food aid
Victoria Namkung, The Guardian (March 20, 2025)
A recent memo from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is spreading misleading information about undocumented immigrants use of food and nutrition programs, and could create a chilling effect among eligible immigrant and mixed-status families.
Trump administration cuts legal help for migrant children traveling alone
Rebecca Santana, AP News (March 21, 2025)
The Trump administration has ended a contract that provides essential legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children navigating the immigration legal system.
Soaring Housing Costs Make Life Even More Challenging for Oakland’s Unaccompanied Minors
Cassandra Garibay and Ximena Loeza, El Tímpano, KQED (March 28, 2025)
CICW Director speaks to the trauma and mental health needs of unaccompanied minors, which compound many of the challenges they face while resettling in the U.S., like housing insecurity.
Urgent Advocacy Opportunity: Restore Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
The Acacia Center for Justice
On March 21st, the Trump administration terminated funding for legal counsel for 26,000 unaccompanied children, cutting them off from essential legal services and forcing them to represent themselves alone in immigration court. This comes at the same time that the administration moves to increase the deportation and detention of children. You can take action now to protect these vulnerable children by sending a pre-written, customizable letter to your representatives (click link above), calling for the restoration of the Unaccompanied Children Program and legal services for unaccompanied children.
The Impact of Immigration Threat on Educators’ Work and Well-Being in Schools: Insights from Educators
Foundation for Child Development • April 1, 2025 • 4pm PT/7 pmET
This webinar for educators, school administrators, mental health professionals, and researchers will share insights into how immigration threats impact young students and their families as well as their educators.
