From the Bookshelves: Aaliyah The Brave: Empowering Children Coping with Immigration Enforcement

Paul Schmidt at Immigration Courtside clued me in to a great new children’s book.   Aaliyah The Brave: Empowering Children Coping with Immigration Enforcement is described by the publisher as follows:

“When immigration officials come to Aaliyah’s home and take her father, she and her family find themselves coping with a variety of emotions. As they prepare themselves for the legal proceedings in Immigration Court, Aaliyah realizes how brave she is, and the family realizes how important communication about what is happening helps to empower her.

Designed as a resource for parents, teachers, social workers, advocates, and lawyers, Aaliyah The Brave helps readers understand the impact immigration enforcement can have on children and what emotions children may feel in the aftermath.”

The author is Rekha Sharma-Crawford is an immigration attorney and partner in the Kansas City law firm Sharma-Crawford Attorneys-at-Law. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Kansas School of Law.

KJ