First Focus

Press Releases

1. First Focus Commends Democratic Leaders for Standing by Children, Supports Call for Administrative Relief for DREAM-Eligible Youth [April 14, 2011]
2. First Focus Denounces Proposals to Repeal Birthright Citizenship [January 6, 2011]
3. Poll Reveals Strong Bipartisan Support for the DREAM Act [June 29, 2010]
4. New Report Highlights Impact of Immigration Enforcement on the Child Welfare System [April 28, 2010]
5. Over 80 Organizations Join in Opposition to Legislation Detaining Immigrant Children [September 14, 2009]

In the News

1. Deportations splitting families, U.S.-born kids [February 12, 2012]
2. What about the kids? What can happen when parents are deported [February 3, 2012]
3. Maryland Dream Act [January 24, 2012]
4. Immigrant children's access to education, assistance may be targets of state proposals [January 18, 2012]
5. All Kids Deserve to DREAM [January 28, 2011]
6. Winning the Future for Our Kids [January 28, 2011]
7. Taking a Courageous Stand [January 28, 2011]
8. Hope for America’s Undocumented Youth [January 28, 2011]
9. Harry Reid Steps Up on DREAM Act [January 24, 2011]
10. President Stanley Voices Support for the DREAM Act [January 24, 2011]
11. Students to March On Corker Office in Support of DREAM Act [January 24, 2011]
12. Sin miedo a favor del DREAM Act [January 24, 2011]
13. Their DREAM Can Wait No Longer [January 24, 2011]
14. KC Undocumented Students Arrested on Capitol Hill [January 24, 2011]
15. More Than 20 Undocumented Youth Risk Arrest, Deportation, Stage Sit-in at Congressional Offices on Capitol Hill [January 24, 2011]
16. SF Immigration Groups React to Obama’s Policy Reform Speech [January 24, 2011]
17. HELP Act Introduction– Protecting Vulnerable Children in America [January 24, 2011]
18. Groups Unify to Reduce Latina Teen Pregnancy [January 24, 2011]
19. Majority Support for the DREAM Act, Poll Finds [January 24, 2011]
20. New poll shows majority of American public don't want to see undocumented youth deported [January 24, 2011]
21. Strong Bipartisan Support for DREAM Act [January 24, 2011]
22. New Polling Shows Wide Bipartisan Support for DREAM Act [January 24, 2011]
23. Immigration Enforcement and Family Separation: Unintended Consequences for Children and Families [January 24, 2011]
24. Immigration Enforcement and Family Separation: Unintended Consequences for Children and Families [June 6, 2010]
25. Effort to pass legislation to protect farmworker children gathers steam [May 6, 2010]
26. The Impact of Immigration on Child Welfare [May 5, 2010]
27. What Happens to Children When a Parent is Deported? [May 5, 2010]
28. News Roundup: April 12 [May 5, 2010]

Top of Our List

1. There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays: A Wish from Our Children [December 23, 2011]
2. Shattered Families: New Report Takes Closer Look at Devastating Effects of Immigration Enforcement [November 2, 2011]
3. My Mother’s Story and Why I’m Going to Georgia [September 26, 2011]
4. Two Teens Lose Their Lives, Yet Law Remains the Same [July 29, 2011]
5. U.S. Child Farmworkers: Dreading their Summer Vacation [May 25, 2011]
6. Uniting Our Voices for Immigrant Children of Incarcerated Parents [May 10, 2011]
7. NCLR Report Makes Recommendations to Improve Income and Career Mobility for Disconnected Youth [May 5, 2011]
8. A Twisting of the Safety Net for Children of Immigrants [April 11, 2011]
9. Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child [March 28, 2011]
10. A DREAM Come True in Maryland [March 15, 2011]
11. A Mother and Son Await Justice [February 3, 2011]
12. Winning the Future for Our Kids [January 28, 2011]
13. Birthright Citizenship at Risk [January 5, 2011]
14. The DREAM Will Never Die [December 20, 2010]
15. A Dream Deferred [December 20, 2010]
16. The DREAM is Near [December 9, 2010]
17. All Kids Deserve to DREAM [December 7, 2010]
18. A Worthy Bill, Indeed [November 29, 2010]
19. DREAMing of More Than a Campaign Promise [November 16, 2010]
20. Born Equal [November 8, 2010]
21. College DREAMs [October 21, 2010]
22. The New American Voters [October 15, 2010]
23. Case Study on ELL Children and Youth Falls Short on Research Methods [October 7, 2010]
24. New Report Examines Immigrant Children in the Texas Child Welfare System [September 27, 2010]
25. New Report Examines Immigrant Children in the Texas Child Welfare System [September 27, 2010]
26. Illinois is Now the First State to Mandate Bilingual Education in Preschool [September 24, 2010]
27. New Brief from the Urban Institute Profiles Young Children of Immigrants [September 2, 2010]
28. Advocates Denounce the Utah Blacklist [July 26, 2010]
29. Their DREAM Can Wait No Longer [July 26, 2010]
30. New Data from Urban Institute Describes Family Circumstances of Children of Immigrants [July 7, 2010]
31. Impact of Immigration on Latino Children in Georgia [June 25, 2010]
32. Government Cracks Down on Farmers Who Hire Children [June 21, 2010]
33. Human Rights Watch Releases New Report on U.S. Child Labor [May 5, 2010]

Events

1. Screening of The Harvest/La Cosecha [July 5, 2011]
2. Children in Immigrant Families: Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child in America [February 18, 2011]
3. 2010 DREAM Graduation Ceremony [July 15, 2010]
4. DREAM Act Rally and March [July 15, 2010]
5. Child Labor: Around the World and At Home [June 17, 2010]
6. Webinar: Immigrant Victims Facing Termination of Parental Rights as a Consequence of Detention or Deportation [June 17, 2010]

Library Items: Reports

1. Children in Immigrant Families: Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child in America [March 3, 2011]
2. Caught Between Systems: The Intersection of Immigration and Child Welfare Policies [May 20, 2010]
3. Public Benefits and Child Welfare Financing [May 20, 2010]
4. Language, Culture, and Immigration Relief Options [May 20, 2010]
5. The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Child Welfare [April 29, 2010]
6. Big Ideas: Investing in our Nation's Future [March 15, 2010]

Library Items: Fact Sheets

1. House Budget Forces Deeper Cuts to Child Tax Credit, Child Care, and Child Welfare [April 20, 2012]
2. The Important Role of the Child Tax Credit in Reducing Child Poverty [December 9, 2011]
3. The Impact of Immigration Policy on Education and Child Well-Being [September 15, 2011]
4. Improving the Wellbeing of Children of Immigrants: Priorities for the 112th Congress [March 11, 2011]
5. Children of Immigrants and Healthcare Coverage [March 11, 2011]
6. Children of Immigrants and Nutrition Supports [March 11, 2011]
7. Undocumented Parents and Their Young Children’s Development [March 3, 2011]
8. All Children Born Equal: Preserving Birthright Citizenship for America’s Children [November 8, 2010]
9. Children of Immigrants in the U.S. Child Welfare System [June 8, 2010]
10. Immigration Enforcement and Family Separation [March 18, 2010]
11. The Impact of Immigration Policy on Education and Child Well-Being [March 18, 2010]

Library Items: Polling and Opinion Research

1. Public Support for the DREAM Act [June 29, 2010]

Library Items: Letters and Correspondence

1. Child Advocates Support the DREAM Act [December 5, 2010]
2. July 27, 2010: Letter to Secretary Napolitano [August 12, 2010]
3. April 17, 2008: Letter to U.S. House of Representatives [March 23, 2010]
4. December 12, 2008: Letter to Senator Reid, Senator McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leader Boehner [March 23, 2010]