The Day That ICE Came: How Worksite Raids Are Once Again Harming Children and Families

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight

The Day That ICE Came: How Worksite Raids Are Once Again Harming Children and Families

Wendy Cervantes, Rebecca Ulrich, & Vanessa Meraz, CLASP (July 13, 2020)

CLASP conducted a study at three locations where ICE worksite raids were conducted in order to evaluate the impact on immigrant children and families. Findings shows severe adverse affects on the mental health and economic well-being of children, their parents, and their communities.

Guidelines for Child Welfare Agencies to Prepare for Immigration Enforcement

By | CICW Publications, CICW Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Detention, ICE, Immigration Enforcement

Guidelines for Child Welfare Agencies to Prepare for Immigration Enforcement Raids

The Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (August 2019)

This guide from the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare provides child welfare agencies with guidelines on what to do if an immigration raid takes place.

Early Learning Specialist/Home Visitor Procedures – If ICE Knocks on the Door During a Home Visit

By | Early Childhood, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Workers

Early Learning Specialist/Home Visitor Procedures – If ICE Knocks on the Door During a Home Visit

Parent Child Plus (August 2019)

This resource provides know-your-rights information and guidance on procedures for home visitors and other professionals for situations in which ICE comes to a family’s home during a home visit.

Know Your Rights Information on ICE Raids for Parents/Community/Attorneys

By | Highlighted Resources, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Know Your Rights Information on ICE Raids for Parents/Community/Attorneys

KIND (July 15, 2019)

The below is a collection of Know Your Rights resources to help prepare parents, community members, and attorneys on ICE raids on the sponsors of unaccompanied children and families.

A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children

Kids in Need of Defense (October 9, 2018)

This updated publication provides a detailed timeline of the Trump administration’s actions to rollback child protections. The timeline details when all these actions took place, who put them into action, and what the impact on children is.

Detaining Families: A Study of Asylum Adjudication in Family Detention

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal/Law

Detaining Families: A Study of Asylum Adjudication in Family Detention

Ingrid Eagly, Esq., Steven Shafer, Esq. and Jana Whalley, Esq., American Immigration Council  (August 16, 2018)

This report presents findings from an empirical analysis of asylum adjudication in family detention. Based on government data from over 18,000 immigration court proceedings, this report documents how families detained in U.S. family detention centers proceeded through the court process. It reveals a growing system of detention that presents serious barriers to justice and a fair court process for asylum-seeking families.

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