ABA Policies
Protections for Immigrant and Asylum-Seeking Children, Feb. 2017
Fair Treatment and Access to Justice for Immigrant Children, Feb. 2015
Aiding Children Affected by Immigration Enforcement, Aug. 2011
Aiding Immigration-Detained Parents in State Child-Related Cases, Aug. 2011
Aiding Undocumented and Citizen Children Separated from Parents, Aug. 2011
Alien Children Custody/Representation Standards, Aug. 2004
Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth Access to Counsel, Feb. 2001
ABA Policy Letter
Family Separation Letter, June 2018
ABA Practice Standards
Articles
ABA Child Law Practice, Immigration Article Collection
Keeping Immigrant Families Together
Ann Park
Center Helping States, Immigrants and Families
Sally Inada, Cristina Cooper
A Humanitarian Call to Action: Unaccompanied Alien Children at the Southwest Border
ABA Commission on Immigration
Important State Court Child Welfare/Immigration-Related Opinions
Howard Davidson, Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Families on the Front Lines: How Immigration Advocates Can Build a Bridge between the Immigration & Child Welfare Systems
Lindsay Marshall, First Focus
No Childhood Here: Why Central American Children are Fleeing Their Homes
Immigration Policy Center
The Impact of ASFA on Immigrant Children in the Child Welfare Syste
Yali Lincroft & Bill Bettencourt
The Reuniting Immigrant Families Act: A Case Study on California’s Senate Bill 1064
Yali Lincroft
Immigration Relief for Abused Children: Special Immigrant Juvenile StatusInformation for Juvenile Court Judges, Child Welfare Workers, and Others Working with Abused Children
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Detained or Deported: What About My Children?
Women’s Refugee Commission
Falling Through the Cracks: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Children Caught Up in the Child Welfare System
Immigration Policy Center and First Focus
Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System
Seth Freed Wessler et al., New York: Applied Research Center
CLE Event Materials
The ABCs of Representing Unaccompanied Children in Removal Proceedings
ABA Commission on Immigration
Federal Policies
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Directive
ICE Directive 1106 4.1: Facilitating Parental Interests in the Course of Civil ImmigrationEnforcement Activities
Applying the ICE Parental Interests Directive to Child Welfare Cases
Legislation
California
The Reuniting Immigrant Families Act (SB 1064) is the nation’s first law to address the reunification barriers faced by immigrant families involved with the child welfare system.
New York
Pending New York State Assembly Bill: S 4185/A 637 7-2013 (New York State Reuniting Families Act).
Practice Tools
Briefs
Immigrant Caregivers: The Implications of Immigration Status on Foster Care Licensure
Case Studies
Immigrants in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies
Fact Sheets
Immigrant Caregivers: The Implications of Immigration Status on Foster Care Licensure
Separated Children and Child Welfare Concerns Fact Sheet
Summary: Immigrant Caregivers: The Implications of Immigration Status on Foster CareLicensure
Quick Guides
Quick Guide to Federal Child Welfare and Immigration Law
California Quick Guide to Child Welfare and Immigration Law
Colorado Quick Guide to Child Welfare and Immigration Law
New York Quick Guide to Child Welfare and Immigration Law
Webinars/Presentations
Working with Immigrant Children and Families Involved in the State Child Welfare System
Primer on the State Court Judges' Role in Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification
Working with Immigrant Families: The Impact of Increased Immigration Enforcement on Child Welfare