United States – Kids Empowerment

Back to database Download: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Consideration of reports submitted

Uncategorized

Unaccompanied Alien Children – Legal Issues: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Congressional Research Service. Micheal Garcia. Kate Manual 2014, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Unaccompanied Alien Children – Legal Issues: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Uncategorized

Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Congressional Research Service. Seghetti. Siskin. Wasem 2014, Access to social rights, Data/Data protection, English, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview

Uncategorized

Unaccompanied alien children: current law governing removal from the United States and selected legislative proposals

July 5, 2022 Congressional Research Service. Micheal Garcia. Kate Manual 2014, English, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Report, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Unaccompanied alien children: current law governing removal from the United States and selected legislative proposals

Uncategorized

Public Law 107-296; Homeland Security Act of 2002

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Congressman Richard Armey 2002, Child protection/Services, Data/Data protection, English, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, Law & secondary legislation, North America, Placement, Return/Deportation, The United States, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Public Law 107-296; Homeland Security Act of 2002

Uncategorized

Update on Legal Relief Options for Unaccompanied Alien Children Following the Enactment of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2008

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Deborah Lee.Manjo Govindaiah.Angela Morrison.David Thronson 2009, Access to social rights, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Placement, Report, The United States, Trafficking

Back to database Download: Update on Legal Relief Options for Unaccompanied Alien Children Following the Enactment of the William Wilberforce

Uncategorized

The International Dimension of US Refugee Law

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Joan Fitzpatrick. Berkeley Journal of International Law 1997, Access to social rights, English, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: The International Dimension of US Refugee Law

Uncategorized

Unaccompanied Children in the United States: A literature review

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Olga Byrne. Vera Institute of Justice 2008, Access to social rights, Child protection/Services, Data/Data protection, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Unaccompanied Children in the United States: A literature review

Uncategorized

The Time is Now: understanding and addressing the protection of immigrant children who come alone to the United States

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Kids In Need of Defense 2013, Child protection/Services, Data/Data protection, English, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Report, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: The Time is Now: understanding and addressing the protection of immigrant children who come alone to

Uncategorized

Chapter 1: Representing Children in Immigration Matters

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Kids In Need of Defense Access to social rights, Child protection/Services, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Chapter 1: Representing Children in Immigration Matters

Uncategorized

Improving the protection and fair treatment of unaccompanied children: recommendations for the next administration

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Kids In Need of Defense 2016, Access to social rights, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, International protection, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Improving the protection and fair treatment of unaccompanied children: recommendations for the next administration

Uncategorized

Chapter 4: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Kids In Need of Defense Access to social rights, Child protection/Services, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, n.d., North America, Placement, Report, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Chapter 4: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Uncategorized

Divided by Detention: Asylum-Seeking Families’ Experiences of Separation

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Leigh Barrick. American Immigration Council 2016, Access to social rights, English, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Divided by Detention: Asylum-Seeking Families’ Experiences of Separation

Uncategorized

Ninez Migrante No Acompanada en la Región Norte y Centroamérica: Honduras, El Savador, Guatemala, México y Estados Unidos

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 - Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, International protection, Juvenile/Detention, n.d., North America, Report, Return/Deportation, Spanish, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Ninez Migrante No Acompanada en la Región Norte y Centroamérica: Honduras, El Savador, Guatemala, México y

Uncategorized

Child Migrants to the United States

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 National Conference of State Legislatures 2014, Access to social rights, Data/Data protection, English, Guardian/Legal representation, International protection, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Child Migrants to the United States

Uncategorized

Immigration and You – Know Your Rights: Manual For Children and Youth 2014

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 National Immigrant Justice Center 2014, Access to social rights, Child protection/Services, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Return/Deportation, Soft law, The United States, Trafficking, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Immigration and You – Know Your Rights: Manual For Children and Youth 2014

Uncategorized

Office of Refugee Resettlement Sponsor Handbook

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Office of Refugee Resettlement 2017, Access to social rights, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Return/Deportation, Soft law, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Office of Refugee Resettlement Sponsor Handbook

Uncategorized

Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied: Section 3

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Office of Refugee Resettlement 2015, Data/Data protection, English, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Placement, Return/Deportation, Soft law, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied: Section 3

Uncategorized

Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied: Section 2

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Office of Refugee Resettlement 2015, Data/Data protection, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Placement, Return/Deportation, Soft law, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied: Section 2

Uncategorized

Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied: Section 1

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Office of Refugee Resettlement 2015, Data/Data protection, English, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Return/Deportation, Soft law, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied: Section 1

Uncategorized

Facts and Data: General Statistics

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Office of Refugee Resettlement 2015, Data/Data protection, English, North America, Report, The United States

Back to database Download: Facts and Data: General Statistics

Uncategorized

The Flow of Unaccompanied Children Through the Immigration System: a resource for practitioners, policy makers, and researchers

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Olga Bryne Elise Miller. Center on Immigration and Justice 2012, Access to social rights, Child protection/Services, Data/Data protection, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: The Flow of Unaccompanied Children Through the Immigration System: a resource for practitioners, policy makers, and

Uncategorized

Executive Order: Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 President Donald J. Trump 2018, English, Juvenile/Detention, Law & secondary legislation, North America, The United States

Back to database Download: Executive Order: Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation

Uncategorized

H.R. 296; Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Representative Ted Poe 2015, Access to social rights, English, Gender inequality, Law & secondary legislation, North America, Trafficking, United States

Back to database Download: H.R. 296; Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015

Uncategorized

Unaccompanied Child Migrants in U.S. Communities, Immigration Court, and Schools: Issue Brief

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Sarah Pierce. Migration Policy Institute 2015, Access to social rights, Data/Data protection, English, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Unaccompanied Child Migrants in U.S. Communities, Immigration Court, and Schools: Issue Brief

Uncategorized

Amendment Text: S.Amdt.1340 — s.744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Senator Gillibrand. Senator Warren 2013, Access to social rights, Child protection/Services, Data/Data protection, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, Law & secondary legislation, North America, Placement, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Amendment Text: S.Amdt.1340 — s.744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

Uncategorized

Public Law 113-4; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Senator Patrick J. Leahy 2013, Access to social rights, English, Gender inequality, Law & secondary legislation, North America, The United States, Trafficking

Back to database Download: Public Law 113-4; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

Uncategorized

Membership in a Particular Social Group

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 US Citizenship and Immigration Services 2000, Access to social rights, English, North America, Placement, Soft law, The United States

Back to database Download: Membership in a Particular Social Group

Uncategorized

Guidelines for Childrens Asylum Claims

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 US Department of Justice Immigration Naturalization Service 1998, Access to social rights, English, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Soft law, The United States

Back to database Download: Guidelines for Childrens Asylum Claims

Uncategorized

Fiscal Year 2016 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Report

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2016, Data/Data protection, English, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Fiscal Year 2016 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Report

Uncategorized

Protecting Unaccompanied Alien Children from Trafficking and Other Abuses: The Role of the Office of Refugee Resettlement

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security Data/Data protection, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, n.d., North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Protecting Unaccompanied Alien Children from Trafficking and Other Abuses: The Role of the Office of Refugee

Uncategorized

Foster & Elam v. Neilson, 27 U.S. 253 (1829)

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1829, Access to social rights, Case law, English, North America, The United States

Back to database Download: Foster & Elam v. Neilson, 27 U.S. 253 (1829)

Uncategorized

An Analysis of Treatment of Unaccompanied Immigrant and Refugee Children in Ins Detention and Other Forms of Institutionalized Custody

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 UCLA Chicana.o Latina.o Law Review 1998, Access to social rights, Child protection/Services, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: An Analysis of Treatment of Unaccompanied Immigrant and Refugee Children in Ins Detention and Other Forms

Uncategorized

Children on the Run: Unaccompanied Children Leaving Central America and Mexico and the Need for International Protection

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 UNHCR Access to social rights, Age assessment, Child bride, Child protection/Services, Data/Data protection, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, International protection, Juvenile/Detention, n.d., North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Children on the Run: Unaccompanied Children Leaving Central America and Mexico and the Need for International

Uncategorized

The United States Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program: Guiding principles and promising practices

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2013, Access to social rights, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, International protection, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Report, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: The United States Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program: Guiding principles and promising practices

Uncategorized

C.J.L.G., A Juvenile Male, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General, Respondent Case No. 16-73801

July 4, 2022July 11, 2022 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2018, Access to social rights, Case law, Child protection/Services, English, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, The United States, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: C.J.L.G., A Juvenile Male, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General, Respondent Case No. 16-73801

Uncategorized

FACT SHEET: Education Services for Immigrant Children and Those Recently Arrived to the United States

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 United States Department of Education Access to social rights, Data/Data protection, English, Guardian/Legal representation, n.d., North America, Report, The United States, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: FACT SHEET: Education Services for Immigrant Children and Those Recently Arrived to the United States

Uncategorized

Jenny Lisette Flores, et al., v. Meese, Case no. CV 85-4544-RJK (Px)

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 United States District Court Central District of California 1997, Access to social rights, Case law, Child protection/Services, English, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Return/Deportation, The United States, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Jenny Lisette Flores, et al., v. Meese, Case no. CV 85-4544-RJK (Px)

Uncategorized

Neglect and Abuse of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 University of Chicago Law School 2018, Access to social rights, Data/Data protection, Englsih, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, International protection, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Neglect and Abuse of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Uncategorized

Legal Protections for Unaccompanied Minors in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2008

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Wendy Cervantes First Focus Center 2014, Access to social rights, English, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Placement, Report, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Legal Protections for Unaccompanied Minors in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2008

Uncategorized

Guide to Establishing the Asylum Eligibility of Human Trafficking and Forced Marriage

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 World Organization for Human Rights USA 2011, Child bride, English, International protection, North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Unaccompanied minors, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Guide to Establishing the Asylum Eligibility of Human Trafficking and Forced Marriage

Uncategorized

Flores Settlement Agreement & DHS Custody

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Data/Data protection, English, Family reunification, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, n.d., Placement, Report, Return/Deportation, The North America, The United States, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Flores Settlement Agreement & DHS Custody

Uncategorized

Health and Safety

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Office of Refugee Resettlement Access to social rights, English, n.d., North America, Report, The United States, Unaccompanied minors

Back to database Download: Health and Safety

Uncategorized

Immigrant Eligibility for Health Care Programs in the United States

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 National Conference of State Legislatures Access to social rights, English, n.d., North America, Report, The United States

Back to database Download: Immigrant Eligibility for Health Care Programs in the United States

Uncategorized

Legal Obligations for the United States Under Article 33 of the Refugee Convention

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Timothy E. Flanigan Acting Assistant Attorney General 1991, Access to social rights, English, International protection, North America, Return/Deportation, Soft law, The United States

Back to database Download: Legal Obligations for the United States Under Article 33 of the Refugee Convention

Uncategorized

Amicus Curiae Brief Filed by CBRS in S-F-

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Center for Gender and Refugee Studies Access to social rights, Data/Data protection, English, International protection, Juvenile/Detention, n.d., North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States

Back to database Download: Amicus Curiae Brief Filed by CBRS in S-F-

Uncategorized

The Child Status Protection Act

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Mary Kenney 2015, Access to social rights, English, North America, Report, The United States, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: The Child Status Protection Act

Uncategorized

Pro Bono Asylum Representation Manual: An Overview of Asylum Law & Procedure

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 The Advocates for Human Rights 2008, Family reunification, Gender inequality, Guardian/Legal representation, Juvenile/Detention, North America, Report, Return/Deportation, The United States, Trafficking, Visa/Documentation

Back to database Download: Pro Bono Asylum Representation Manual: An Overview of Asylum Law & Procedure

Uncategorized

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Manual

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Public Counsel Law Center 2010, English, Guardian/Legal representation, North America, Report, United States

Back to database Download: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Manual

Uncategorized

The Flores Settlement: A Brief History and Next Steps

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Human Rights First 2016, America, Domestic Law, English, Juvenile/Detention, Placement, Report, Unaccompanied minors, United States

Back to Database Download: The Flores Settlement

Uncategorized

NIÑEZ MIGRANTE NO ACOMPAÑADA EN LA REGIÓN NORTE Y CENTRO AMÉRICA: Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, México y Estados Unidos: The United States

October 17, 2017May 13, 2021 UNHCR America, Domestic Law, Spanish, United States

Back to Database Download: NIÑEZ MIGRANTE NO ACOMPAÑADA EN LA REGIÓN NORTE Y CENTRO AMÉRICA_ Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, México y

Uncategorized

Niñez y migración en Centro y Norte América: causas, políticas, prácticas y desafíos: The United States

October 17, 2017May 12, 2021 Women's Refugee Commission 2015, America, Child protection/Services, Domestic Law, Gender inequality, International protection, Report, Spanish, Unaccompanied minors, United States

Back to Database Download: Niñez y migración en Centro y Norte América_ causas, políticas, prácticas y desafíos_ The United States_