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Sophia Sepp

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

Emily Bartholomew, Sebastian Guzman, Hortencia Rodríguez, Shaina Aber, Alejandro Garcia, and Tammy Cho; Vera Institute (June 2022)

This report, informed by the perspectives of 32 unaccompanied young adults, contains policy recommendations to improve the system that receives unaccompanied children in the U.S.

Return and Reintegration of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

By | Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Transnational Resources, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Return and Reintegration of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (August 1, 2022)

This factsheet explains the existing return process for unaccompanied children returning to their home countries, and describes how KIND’s Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Program can support children throughout the process.

 

ICE hosts NGOs to discuss parental, guardianship rights for minor children, incapacitated adults

By | In the News

ICE hosts NGOs to discuss parental, guardianship rights for minor children, incapacitated adults

U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (August 5, 2022)

The ICE Office of Partnership and Engagement hosted a virtual engagement with over 30 individuals from various NGOs to hear feedback on the updated parental interests directive, which sets requirements for ICE to preserve access to family visitation and child welfare services for detained parents.

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