Released on: Nov. 7, 2012
Taken from the briefing Representing Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings: Learn How to Help recorded October, 2012.
The number of unaccompanied children placed in U.S. custody in Fiscal Year 2012 has reached an historic high: over 14,000 children, more than double the number last year. Many of these children, who range from toddlers to teenagers, are fleeing abuse, abandonment, and persecution in their home countries, or are ...