This practice alert outlines a potential argument that may allow immigrant youth with approved special juvenile status petitions to access a broader path to permanent residency, even when pursuing non-SIJS immigration cases.
CICW Director Kristina Lovato delivered a keynote address at the Meeting the Moment: Immigration and Child Welfare conference in Brooklyn Center, MN. Her talk, Navigating Care Amid Immigration Enforcement: Child Welfare and Social Service Responses to Vulnerable Children and Families, explored how child welfare and social service systems are responding to the needs of children and families affected by immigration enforcement.
This issue of CW360° — featuring contributions from several members of the CICW research workgroup — offers a timely examination of how the current sociopolitical landscape and immigration status shape the lives of families, unaccompanied minors, and transition-age youth navigating an uncertain child welfare landscape.
This analysis finds that nearly half of Americans aware of immigration enforcement in their communities feared ICE contact in 2025, with ripple effects extending beyond immigrant families — including children experiencing emotional distress, adults avoiding essential activities, and families forgoing public benefits.
ISS-USA is actively recruiting social work professionals nationwide, with urgent openings in Oregon, New York, Maine, Alabama, and Pennsylvania (bilingual Spanish required).
This multi-part webinar series offers schools and community organizations trauma-informed, research-backed strategies for supporting immigrant students and families amid escalating immigration enforcement.
The Trump administration is using migrant children in federal shelters to lure parents into immigration detention, with attorneys reporting that many caregivers are being arrested while attempting to reunite with their children.
The Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship could affect every American parent, who would then need to prove their immigration status to establish their newborn’s citizenship, health insurance, and Social Security number.
Research links the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown to lasting psychological harm in immigrant children, including PTSD, anxiety, and disrupted development.
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