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Unaccompanied Minors

Handcuffed, Pushed, and Afraid: immigrant children share terrifying experiences while in Border Patrol custody

By | Detention, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Safety, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Handcuffed, Pushed, and Afraid: Immigrant children share terrifying experiences while in Border Patrol custody

Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (September 2024)

This report summarizes hundreds of complaints by unaccompanied immigrant children of physical and verbal abuse and lack of hygiene products and medical care while in U.S. Border Patrol custody.

Insights for clinical providers and community leaders: Unaccompanied immigrant children’s mental health includes caregiver support.

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Insights for clinical providers and community leaders: Unaccompanied immigrant children’s mental health includes caregiver support

Johanna Creswell Báez et al., Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (September 6, 2024)

This study interviewed UCs, their caregivers, healthcare professionals, mental health providers, and community leaders in Houston, Texas to understand the lived experience and mental health needs of UCs and their caregivers.

Practical Solutions that Protect Unaccompanied Children Seeking Safety

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

Practical Solutions that Protect Unaccompanied Children Seeking Safety

Kids in Needs of Defense (September 24, 2024)

This blueprint reviews issues and policies impacting unaccompanied children and provides recommendations the U.S. government can take to improve child protection and well-being.

Kids in Care: Unaccompanied Children in Federal Government Custody

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Language Issues, Research, Safety, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Kids in Care: Unaccompanied Children in Federal Government Custody

Lauren Heidbrink & Sarah Diaz, Loyola University Chicago (September 2024)

This report details findings and recommendations from an 18-month interdisciplinary study that explored the conditions of care for unaccompanied children in federal custody.

Issue Brief: Insights from OIG’s Work on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Efforts to Care for Unaccompanied Children

By | Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Issue Brief: Insights from OIG’s Work on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Efforts to Care for Unaccompanied Children

Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (March 7, 2024)

This issue brief provides insights from the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) oversight of ORR’s Unaccompanied Children Program.

Obtaining Office of Refugee Resettlement Records for Clients Who Were Detained as Children

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Practice, Practice Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Obtaining Office of Refugee Resettlement Records for Clients Who Were Detained as Children

Andrew Craycroft & Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 22, 2024)

This practice advisory reviews the important role of ORR records in an immigration case and the process to request them.

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