This comprehensive resource addresses key questions about unaccompanied immigrant children, from migration risks and policy frameworks to the agencies responsible for housing, processing, and determining the legal status of these children.
This study finds that immigrant families with little direct knowledge of the U.S. child welfare system still hold strong beliefs about it, shaped by media and community narratives, highlighting the need for culturally responsive, multilingual outreach from child welfare agencies and immigrant-serving organizations.
This piece reviews how immigration enforcement during the 2nd Trump administration is driving a quieter wave of family separations inside the U.S., with fewer reunification resources and a blurring of child protection and immigration enforcement.
This guide helps immigrant youth build coping skills, prepare for unexpected situations, and connect to support resources during a time of heightened fear and uncertainty around immigration enforcement.
This guide helps parents and caregivers talk with children about immigration enforcement, with conversation tips, family preparedness strategies, and self-care practices to help children feel safer and less alone.
Following the Supreme Court’s June rejection of his first attempt, President Trump has issued new executive orders seeking to restrict birthright citizenship with modifications intended to account for the ruling, though legal challenges are expected.
At least 60 children have been held at the Dilley detention center for 100 days or more, far exceeding the legal 20-day limit, with average stays peaking at 47 days during a six-month period last year.
The Trump administration is erecting new procedural barriers to residency and asylum for undocumented children, including restricting court delays for children awaiting visas and narrowing the definition of who qualifies as an unaccompanied minor.
The Trump administration’s legal services contract for roughly 24,000 unaccompanied minors has lapsed, leaving children without guaranteed representation—though the Florence Project says it will continue as long as possible.
A Nashville mother seeking asylum was detained by immigration agents and transported to a Louisiana detention center following a welfare check prompted by an unfounded child abuse report.
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