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Unaccompanied Children and Wellness Checks

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Immigration law is undergoing significant changes in enforcement policy. Among those shifts is the use of federal law enforcement to conduct “wellness checks” to communicate with and monitor the lives of unaccompanied noncitizen children and their sponsors. This presentation will discuss the basic mechanics of how unaccompanied children are processed under our immigration laws, the

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In the Best Interests of Children: The State Courts’ Role in Safeguarding Vulnerable Immigrant Youth

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State juvenile and family courts play a uniquely vital role in the federal immigration system, particularly in cases involving noncitizen children and youth who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent. For these children, the first mandatory step in toward securing Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) is obtaining a state court order containing

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Two Part Series – Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification and Adoption of Foreign-Born Children: An Overview for State Court Judges

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will present on both Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification and adoption of foreign-born children. In the first training of this two-part series, USCIS will present on SIJ classification, with a focus on the federal statutory requirements, USCIS’ role in reviewing petitions, and the role of state courts in this

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