This report highlights shortcomings in current practices surrounding the treatment of Mexican unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border and offers recommendations for improvement.
This brief reviews the outcomes an evaluation of USCRI’s Home Study and Post-Release Services programs and provides recommendations on moving toward an evidence-based national model for Home Study and Post-Release Services for unaccompanied children.
This policy brief describes and provides recommendations on new Executive Office for Immigration Review guidance for children’s immigration court cases.
This final Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule, effective 60 days from publication, addresses regulations on key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied children referred to ORR.
A group of medical and legal experts provide an overview health risks for unaccompanied children in U.S. federal custody and recommendations to improve their health and well-being during custody and once released to sponsors.
This document provides a framework for how immigration officials could consider the best interests of unaccompanied children throughout their decision-making continuum from apprehension to placement to release and repatriation.
This briefing explores the erosion of state child welfare licensing procedures for facilities that house unaccompanied minors and offers recommendations to restore important protections.
This briefing reviews the history of state licensed care for children in federal immigration custody, its requirements and recent erosion, and provides recommendations to decrease the government’s reliance on unlicensed placements and restore the protections of state licensing.
This report highlights the findings and recommendations of a review of ORR’s implementation of sponsor screening and post-release followup calls for children in ORR custody.
This timeline reviews international and domestic agreements, laws, and policies impacting the U.S. response to children on the move.
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