Kinship & Immigration

This guide developed by the ABA Center on Children and the Law offers an overview of five principles that have emerged from state child welfare court decisions where a parent’s immigration status is part of the case facts.

Overview by the ABA Center on Children and the Law on the impact of immigration status of potential kin caregivers' ability to be licensed as foster parents for a child in care. This brief includes a map of the state immigration status requirements for licensure as of 2022. For other immigration resources visit: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/project-areas/immigration/

The ABA Center on Children and the Law is pleased to share Immigration Issues in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies. This resource provides guidance on how to navigate a number of scenarios in which children and their families may benefit from support services but face intersecting immigration and child welfare legal challenges.