LIRS advocates for the best interests of all refugee and migrant children in the United States by ensuring federal legislation and policies protect the right to due process and welfare of these vulnerable youth.
#KeepFamiliesTogether
Children at our border need you to speak out and demand that families are treated with dignity and afforded the rights we have come to expect in America.
Resources and Reports
Related to Family Separation, Detention, and Reunification
- 2019: Maintaining Family Values; Emergency Family Case Management Services for Reunited Families: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
- 2019: The Department of Homeland Security’s Family Separation Policy: Perspectives from the Border
- 2018: Serving Separated and Reunited Families
- 2018: LIRS Family Reunification Impact Report
- 2018: A Breakdown of LIRS Family Reunification Support – Infographic
- 2018: Crossing the Line: An Inside Look at Family Separation – Toolkit
- 2018: A Breakdown of Child and Family Separation – Infographic
- 2018: Before “Zero-Tolerance” We Called it “Betraying Family Values”
- 2018: What You Should Know About Family Detention…
- 2017: December 2017 Formal Complaint to DHS Regarding Family Separation
- 2017: Betraying Family Values: How Immigration Policy at the United States Border is Separating Families
- 2015: Locking Up Family Values Again
Related to Unaccompanied Minors
- 2018: A Profile of Unaccompanied Children in Maryland & Virginia
- 2016: Linking to Success: Assessing Need and Utilization of Community Services Among Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Released Without Follow-up Services
- 2016: LIRS Recommendations from Assessing Need and Utilization of Community Services Among Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Released Without Follow-up Services
- 2015: Childhood Interrupted: Lost Years for the Children of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
- 2015: At the Crossroads for Unaccompanied Migrant Children: Policy, Practice, & Protection
- 2015: Post-Release: Linking Unaccompanied Immigrant Children to Family and Community – University of South Carolina, College of Social Work