Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women

• There are at least 5,100 children currently living in foster care who are prevented from uniting with their detained or deported parents.
• If nothing changes, 15,000 more children may face a similar fate in the next 5 years.
• This is a growing national problem, not one confined to border jurisdictions or states-- the Applied Research Center identified at least 22 states where these cases have emerged.
• Families are more likely to be separated where local police aggressively participate in immigration enforcement.
• Immigrant victims of domestic violence are at particular risk of losing their children.
• ICE detention obstructs participation in Child Protective Services' plans for family unity.
• Most child welfare departments lack systemic policies to keep families united when parents are detained or deported.

You can access the full report, Executive Summary (English & Spanish) here: http://www.arc.org/shatteredfamilies

You can also see the video about a family's heartbreaking ordeal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XZrI35EmBRc#!