Preparing and Responding to Immigrant Enforcement: How Social Workers/Allies Can Support Members of the Immigrant Community - Updated (Non-CE)

Overview

This presentation will familiarize participants with up-to-the minute legislation and policy changes as well as the historical context of immigration enforcement. Participants will be offered concrete advocacy and clinical strategies for allyship to support members of the immigrant community. Specific attention will be paid to understanding the impact of these policies on members of the immigrant community and identifying ways social workers can offer support at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice.

Objectives

1. Participants will be able to describe the policies and legislation that form the foundation of current immigration enforcement activities in the U.S.
2. Participants will identify strategies to support members of the immigrant community in the realms of direct practice, and culturally responsive allyship and advocacy work.
   
3. Participants will describe the social and psychological effects of current immigration enforcement activities in the U.S., for immigrants in general and for those without status in particular.
   

Registration and CE Information

• Register here for the Non-CE version.
• Please see the CE version if you need CEs
• The live webinar will be held September 12, 2025, from 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Once registered, you will be able to access the course site to complete the Zoom registration to receive the link for the webinar.

Presenter: Dr. Stephanie Carnes

Dr. Stephanie Carnes, PhD, LCSW, LL.M, is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Sacred Heart University, as well as a bilingual clinician, advocate, and researcher. She has spent the better part of the past 15 years engaged in clinical practice and advocacy work with Central American immigrant youth, first at a federally funded shelter program and subsequently as a school social worker in a public high school in New York’s Westchester County. She has conducted extensive research on identity development, social inclusion, and well-being in Spanish-speaking immigrant youth. In addition to a doctorate in social welfare and an MSW degree, Stephanie also holds an LL.M Masters of International Human Rights Law.