I wrote about the placement of unaccompanied minors with traffickers and in abusive situations on Al Jazeera on January 30 — Central American children face new peril in U.S. This article summarizes findings of a bipartisan Senate investigation. If you’d like to read the original sources, here they are:
- Senate subcommittee on investigations – hearing page (Links to witness testimony are also available on this page.)
- Majority and Minority Staff Report – Protecting Unaccompanied Alien Children from Trafficking and Other Abuses: The Role of the Office of Refugee Resettlement »
- Opening statement by Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Opening statement by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-OR)
Data on placement of unaccompanied children with sponsors, by year and state, from Office of Refugee Resettlement
The following pages link to internal Office of Refugee Resettlement guidelines:
- http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied-section-2#2.2.1
- http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/ucs/about
- http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied-section-2#2.5
- http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied-section-2#2.2.1
- http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied
AP INVESTIGATION: Feds’ failures imperil migrant children AP reported the story a few days before the Senate hearing, but the Senate report has all the information contained in the AP story and more.
OTHER ARTICLES CONSULTED:
http://immigrationimpact.com/2015/12/21/unaccompanied-children-2015/
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-children-deported-20150306-story.html
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/too-vulnerable/Content?oid=6019981
http://www.peacecorps.gov/resources/faf/update-el-salvador/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/mexico-central-american-migrants-journey-crackdown
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-children-deported-20150306-story.html
http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status#What is TPS?
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-01-07/html/2015-00031.htm – TPS – El Salvador
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-10-16/html/2014-24559.htm – TPS – Honduras