Assessing parental fitness and care for unaccompanied children

L Heidbrink - RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the …, 2017 - rsfjournal.org
Despite an increasing visibility of unaccompanied children in the media and among
policymakers, little is known about the experiences of unaccompanied children within and …

Integration of unaccompanied migrant youth in the United States: A call for research

JB Cardoso, K Brabeck, D Stinchcomb… - Undocumented and …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Between October 2013 and July 2016, over 156,000 children travelling without their
guardians were apprehended at the US–Mexico border and transferred to the care of the …

Bureaucratic neglect: the paradoxical mistreatment of unaccompanied migrant children in the US immigration system

BL Grace, BJ Roth - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
After release from immigrant detainment centres in the United States, a select group of
unaccompanied immigrant children enter a community-based programme known as 'post …

Patchwork of promises: A critical analysis of immigration policies for unaccompanied undocumented children in the United States

RG Hasson III, TM Crea, RG McRoy… - Child & Family Social …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 2014, the United States saw a greater than 50% increase in the number of
unaccompanied children from Mexico and Central America arriving at the US/Mexico border …

Falling through the cracks: The paradox of post-release services for unaccompanied child migrants

BJ Roth, BL Grace - Children and Youth Services Review, 2015 - Elsevier
Immigrant children who enter the United States unaccompanied by a parent or guardian and
without legal status are defined by the US legal system as unaccompanied alien children …

[BOOK][B] Migrant youth, transnational families, and the state: Care and contested interests

L Heidbrink - 2014 - books.google.com
Each year, more than half a million migrant children journey from countries around the globe
and enter the United States with no lawful immigration status; many of them have no parent …

“Little by little, I go”: Multiple dimensions of distress and support for unaccompanied children in the United States

RG Hasson III, CA Oliva, B LaBella… - Children and Youth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Unaccompanied children are a vulnerable group of immigrants who arrive to the United
States (US) without a parent or caregiver. A growing body of research demonstrates that …

Advocacy for unaccompanied Migrant children in US detention

PH Wise - Pediatric Clinics, 2023 - pediatric.theclinics.com
Highly restrictive public sentiment toward immigration is not new in the United States. 1 What
is new is how this restrictive US posture should apply to the unprecedented numbers of …

The educational consequences of parental immigration detention

G Gonzalez, C Patler - Sociological Perspectives, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Every year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement imprisons hundreds of thousands of
noncitizens as they await adjudication on their deportation proceedings. Importantly, many …

The shifting boundaries of “best interest”: Sheltering unaccompanied Central American minors in transit through Mexico

J Doering-White - Children and Youth Services Review, 2018 - Elsevier
How government agencies and non-governmental organizations address the significant
increase in the number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the United-States Mexico …