First Focus

Press Releases

1. Over 80 Organizations Join in Opposition to Legislation Detaining Immigrant Children [September 14, 2009]

In the News

1. Immigrant Children Face Uncertain Futures, Foster Care [January 25, 2012]
2. Immigrant children's access to education, assistance may be targets of state proposals [January 18, 2012]
3. Immigration Enforcement and Family Separation: Unintended Consequences for Children and Families [January 24, 2011]
4. Effort to pass legislation to protect farmworker children gathers steam [May 6, 2010]
5. The Impact of Immigration on Child Welfare [May 5, 2010]
6. What Happens to Children When a Parent is Deported? [May 5, 2010]
7. News Roundup: April 12 [May 5, 2010]

Top of Our List

1. A Mother and Son Await Justice [February 3, 2011]
2. New Report Examines Immigrant Children in the Texas Child Welfare System [September 27, 2010]
3. New Report Examines Immigrant Children in the Texas Child Welfare System [September 27, 2010]

Events

1. Webinar: Immigrant Victims Facing Termination of Parental Rights as a Consequence of Detention or Deportation [June 17, 2010]

Library Items: Reports

1. Families on the Front Lines [September 27, 2012]
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]

Library Items: Fact Sheets

1. Principles for Children in Immigration Reform [February 5, 2013]
2. Children of Immigrants in the U.S. Child Welfare System [June 8, 2010]

Library Items: Legislative Comparisons

1. Immigration Reform and the Implications for Children [April 25, 2013]

Library Items: Letters and Correspondence

1. April 17, 2008: Letter to U.S. House of Representatives [March 23, 2010]