Immigration enforcement doesn’t just shape policy debates — it reshapes the daily lives of children and families in communities across the United States. Yet these impacts are often underreported or insufficiently understood.

As the latest installment in Poynter’s Beat Academy series, this free webinar equips journalists to cover one of the most urgent issues in immigration today: how ICE enforcement actions affect children, families and the systems that support them.

Led by Poynter faculty member Jon Greenberg, this session features expert perspectives from Julie Sugarman of the Migration Policy Institute, Lidia Terrazas of Univision and Zain Lakhani of the Women’s Refugee Commission.

During this live webinar, participants will gain a clear framework for understanding how immigration enforcement ripples through communities — separating families, undermining schools and learning, degrading physical and mental health — and how to report on these impacts with accuracy, nuance and care.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify meaningful story angles focused on children and families

• Report on sensitive topics with care and context

• Understand impacts on education, health care, housing and family stability

• Surface the human consequences behind policy decisions and ICE enforcement

Whether you’re new to the beat or looking to deepen your reporting, this session will help you tell more complete, community-centered stories about how immigration policy affects everyday lives.

Register today for this free Beat Academy webinar and strengthen your reporting on one of the most consequential issues facing communities today.

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