This webpage contains a variety of introductory videos on topics related to working with unaccompanied immigrant children, including asylum, removal proceedings, trauma-informed lawyering, legal relief, and more.
Care systems in the U.S. fail Afghani youth and lead to poor mental health outcomes as they wait to be released from federal custody.
ORR has failed to meet the mental health and language needs of children in its care, especially Afghani children, and has been overusing its “significant incident report” system.
The 5th Circuit Court has ruled that DACA is unlawful. While DACA will continue for current recipients for now, ongoing litigation puts the status of hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients at risk.
Parents separated from their children at the border are suing the U.S. for psychological damages and are pushing back against a U.S. requirement for further psychological evaluations due to logistical and emotional complications.
The Office of the Inspector General reports poor conditions for teen residents and limited interactions with case managers at a Fort Bliss shelter.
Barriers prevent immigrant children from enrolling in schools and inadequate resources are available after they are admitted.
Record numbers of unaccompanied children are coming to the border and the U.S. is not prepared to receive them.
Weeks after declaring the COVID-19 pandemic officially over, the Biden administration re-vitalized Title 42 and declared that the U.S. will accept only 24,000 Venezuelans, refusing those who come after.
The story of a Venezuelan mother who, due to the rise in food prices, is unable to provide for her children and attempts to immigrate to U.S.
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