Children as Bait: Impacts of the ORR-DHS Information-Sharing Agreement
Women’s Refugee Commission, National Immigrant Justice Center, Washington College of Law (March 26, 2019)
This report reviews the potential impacts of the new Memorandum of Agreement between the HHS and DHS to share information about unaccompanied children in government custody and their prospective sponsors. The report evaluates findings from a survey of individuals involved in the sponsorship application and vetting processes—including attorneys, biometrics technicians and fingerprint specialists, and child advocates—in order to better understand and document the full range of implications of this new MOA.
