Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor in collaboration with Social Workers for Immigration Justice (SWIJ) Unauthorized entry of migrants into the United States along the country’s southern border has long been a contentious issue. That contention has intensified...
Law would impact not only immigrants but all Texans, creating an environment of fear and mistrust
By Hannah LiuImmigration and Immigrant Families team, Center for Law and Social PolicyFor more than two years, children and families fleeing danger have been turned away at the U.S.-Mexico border without a chance to seek asylum under a misguided policy called Title...
By Peter Craig If there was ever a perfect place to study immigration social work—especially in light of the ongoing influx of migrants into the U.S.—it would have to be Texas. So how are different social work schools there addressing this increasingly important...
Family reunification following migration-related separations is often challenging for immigrant youth as they adjust to their new environment and reacquaint with their caregiver. Scant research has explored the experiences of family reunification specifically for...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorThe U.S. District Court in Houston on July 16 issued a decision that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program is unlawful, thereby partially halting it. The decision declaring DACA unlawful is based...
Suburban schools, particularly those with majority white histories experiencing demographic shifts, are increasingly in need of addressing issues of racial equity. An article in a recent issue of the journal Children & Schools, co-published by NASW and Oxford...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy Advisor Shortly after Election Day, the new Biden-Harris Administration announced that immigration reform was one of its highest priorities. President Biden also pledged to rescind the inhumane asylum-seeker policies of the...