Federal Policy for Immigrant Children
Federal Policies on Immigrant Students
The United States establishes policies at the federal level that impact higher education access, degree completion, and post-graduate career prospects.
Fact Sheet: Educational Services for Immigrant Children and Those ...
... immigration cases proceed. While residing with a sponsor, these children have a right under federal law to enroll in public elementary and secondary schools ...
Children's Safe Welcome Act (2024) - National Center for Youth Law
The Children's Safe Welcome Act represents a critical opportunity to prioritize the well-being and best interests of children in federal immigration custody.
U.S. Citizen Children Impacted by Immigration Enforcement
If parental rights remain intact, parents with a pending deportation may make custody arrangements for their children to stay in the United States. ICE is ...
On March 1, 2003, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Section 462, transferred responsibilities for the care and placement of unaccompanied children from the ...
Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
An unaccompanied child is defined by U.S. law as someone who enters the United States: Under the age of 18 years old,; Without lawful status, and ...
About the Program | The Administration for Children and Families
Unaccompanied children apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration officials are transferred to the care and ...
Explainer | Final Regulations on the Care of Unaccompanied ...
... children in federal immigration custody, including unaccompanied immigrant children. The Trump administration tried and failed to eviscerate ...
Children & Family Policy | migrationpolicy.org
Children & Family Policy Children of immigrants are the fastest growing component of the U.S. child population, representing 24 percent of all U.S. ...
Federal Policy for Immigrant Children: Room for Common Ground?
Policymakers and analysts agree on the need to improve the well-being of children in immigrant families in the United States.
Policy Program - Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights
Reimagining Immigration Proceedings for Children ... Immigrant children who seek protection in the United States are thrown into a system of laws, regulations, ...
Immigrant Youth | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
The ILRC works to expand the rights of these immigrant children through policy and advocacy efforts, numerous in-person and webinar trainings, and case- ...
U.S. Detention of Child Migrants - Council on Foreign Relations
HHS, which is responsible for unaccompanied children for the remainder of their time in federal custody, must place them in the “least restrictive setting” ...
Immigrants & Child Welfare - American Bar Association
The federal Adoption and Safe Families Act interacts with aspects of U.S. immigration law in ways that affect decisions for immigrant families. This article ...
Immigration | National Center for Youth Law
In our capacity as co-counsel on Flores v. Garland we represent the class of all immigrant children in federal custody. In this role, we regularly meet with ...
Resources | CICW | Immigration and Child Welfare Policy, Laws ...
This document provides a framework for how immigration officials could consider the best interests of unaccompanied children throughout their decision-making ...
Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule
The TVPRA requires that HHS and other specified Federal agencies establish policies and programs to ensure that unaccompanied children are ...
Child Welfare and Immigration Resources - American Bar Association
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 ...
Mechanisms of Deterrence: Federal Immigration Policies and the ...
The treatment of immigrant children in the United States is a growing public health concern. At the border, awareness of the issue spiked in April 2018 when the ...
Information on the Rights of Unaccompanied Children to Enroll in ...
opportunities for immigrant children and youth, and/or for ... assistance and disability-related services to which they are entitled under Federal law.