Unaccompanied Alien Children : An Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security.

Child welfare.

Children.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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Summary:

Provides background on unaccompanied alien children (UAC), which are children who lack lawful immigration status in the U.S., are under the age of 18, are without a parent or legal guardian in the U.S., or have no parent or legal guardian in the U.S. who is available to provide care and physical custody. Analyzes data on recent surge in UAC crossing the Southwest U.S. border, and discusses current policy on treatment, care, and custody of this population. Details processing and treatment of UAC, with discussion of each agency that is involved with the population. Addresses both Administrative and Congressional action to deal with current UAC crisis.

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-R4-3599a in the 2014 issue.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Unaccompanied Alien Children

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