Immigration
CfJJ delivered written testimony to the Massachusetts’ Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights and Inclusion on information-sharing practices between the juvenile and criminal legal systems and federal immigration authorities. Following a review of public records requests around these practices, CfJJ found a pattern of collaboration between police, prosecutors, probation officers, and Immigration and Customs…
In October 2025, the Gault Center convened over three hundred youth defense lawyers and advocates at our annual Youth Defender Leadership Summit. Together, we practiced the cultivation of community in service of building a more just, more liberated, and more human humanity for all children and for us all. This resource captures the shared learnings…
This article focuses on the state of access to counsel for individuals in immigration proceedings, looking at data collected from 2013-2024. This article looks at representation inside and outside of detention, in different jurisdictions, and across different nationalities. This article also looks at the increase of young people placed in removal proceedings, as well as…
“The right to have your day in court is foundational to the U.S. criminal legal system. Yet, many noncitizens in immigration detention facing criminal charges are denied this right when ICE routinely fails to produce immigration detainees to criminal court to resolve charges. In immigration proceedings, immigration judges regularly use those unresolved charges to detain…
The Center for Democracy & Technology released a report on the current status of AI use in schools and emerging risks. This report covers the interaction of AI with the classroom, students, IEPs, literacy, deepfakes, student activity monitoring, and student privacy. From the report: “Artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to alter the educational experiences of…
The United States District Court in the Eastern District of California granted a preliminary injunction in immigration removal proceedings for minor T.M., ordering her release. The District Court offered the following language in support: “Petitioner R.D.T.M. is a noncitizen who entered the United States in 2023 as an unaccompanied minor. After entry, she was briefly…
“SIJS is a unique form of immigration relief, offering young people who have been “abandoned, abused, or neglected” by a parent an opportunity to become lawful permanent residents. This means that a young person can apply for a green card, employment authorization, and some public benefits, with an eventual pathway to U.S. citizenship. Youth defenders…
Youth defenders play a critical role in safeguarding the constitutional rights of noncitizen youth during encounters with immigration officials. This tip sheet provides an overview of the rights of noncitizen youth and strategies for youth defenders to safeguard these rights and mitigate harm throughout the course of representing youth in juvenile court. This tip sheet…
From the introduction: “Before the second Trump Administration, it was considered safe and even recommended for parents attending an ICE & ISAP check-in to bring their U.S. citizen children with them. Because the number of arrests at check-ins has increased, and because ICE has illegally deported some U.S. children with their parents against those parents’…
From the Introduction: Asylum claims based on gender identity are clearly established by decades of law in the United States, and transgender asylum seekers have long been successful in claims for humanitarian protection. The authors are legal service providers who regularly represent LGBTQ2 people seeking asylum. Due to recent transphobic Executive Orders that attempt to…
From the introduction: “Before the second Trump Administration, it was considered safe and even recommended for parents attending an ICE & ISAP check-in to bring their U.S. citizen children with them. Because the number of arrests at check-ins has increased, and because ICE has illegally deported some U.S. children with their parents against those parents’…
From the abstract: “People who require gynecological and obstetric care and who are detained by U.S. federal immigration authorities face unique challenges. This article examines how the current legal and administrative landscape fails to hold those responsible for providing healthcare accountable, effectively blocking access to gynecological care, and, assuming no immediate abolition of immigrant detention…
From the document: “This practice alert is intended to ensure that practitioners know what immediate steps they can take to protect clients who may be subjected to expedited removal. However, this practice alert does not offer comprehensive guidance on this evolving issue. “
