This website offers state-by-state guidance on designating temporary guardianship to a trusted adult, with FAQs about establishing emergency contacts or temporary caregivers in case parents are detained or deported and separated from their children.
This webinar addresses the 2025 surge in immigration enforcement that has separated hundreds of thousands of children from detained or deported parents, discussing child and family rights, legislative oversight, and family-centered response strategies.
This resource addresses concerns about the Trump administration’s January 2025 expansion of expedited removal to the U.S. interior, providing common questions and legal arguments against applying this deportation process to unaccompanied children or special immigrant juvenile status recipients.
This practice advisory outlines ongoing DACA trends, policy changes, and potential future scenarios amid uncertain litigation and Trump administration attacks on immigrants, providing crucial information for advocates to help DACA holders strategize and prepare for possible changes to the program.
This policy brief documents how the Trump administration is using government agencies to separate families and remove thousands of children from the U.S., disregarding children’s rights and safety while deepening trauma and blocking reunification, and calls for urgent action to restore protections for family unity and children’s well-being.
This is a two-day intensive workshop introducing mental health professionals to conducting assessments in support of immigration cases.
This webinar will cover the history and harms of family detention in immigration enforcement and offers practical skills for providing services and advocacy to affected individuals, families, and communities.
This webinar will share new messaging research to help advocates effectively communicate with audiences about the challenges faced by children in immigrant families during heightened enforcement.
This session will train social workers in culturally responsive, trauma-informed approaches for supporting immigrant clients facing fear, separation, and legal uncertainty during heightened enforcement, while also addressing practitioners’ own wellbeing through self-care and collective care strategies to prevent burnout.
This training with immigration attorney Katie Blankenship covers how to safely conduct research with immigrant communities during the current challenging enforcement climate.
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