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Unaccompanied children from Central America : issues and considerations / Veronica K. Quinn, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Latin American political, economic, and security issues.
- Latin American Political, Economic, and Security Issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unaccompanied immigrant children--United States.
- Unaccompanied immigrant children.
- United States--Foreign relations--Central America.
- United States.
- Central America--Foreign relations--United States.
- Central America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (106 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Novinka, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since 2012, there has been a rapid increase in the number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) apprehended at the U.S.-Mexican border. According to DHS's Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the number of UAC from any country apprehended at the U.S.-Mexican border climbed from more than 24,000 in fiscal year 2012 to nearly 39,000 in fiscal year 2013, and to nearly 69,000 in fiscal year 2014. Prior to fiscal year 2012, the majority of UAC apprehended at the border were Mexican nationals. However, more than half of the UAC apprehended at the border in fiscal year 2013, and 75 percent apprehende
- Contents:
- UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA: ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS; UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA: ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CENTRAL AMERICA: INFORMATION ON MIGRATION OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN FROM EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS; Chapter 2: UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN: DEMOGRAPHICS IN BRIEF; Chapter 3: UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA: FOREIGN POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
- Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF ELIZABETH HOGAN, SENIOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, USAID. HEARING ON ''UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN: PRESSING THE ADMINISTRATIONFOR A STRATEGY''Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF ROBERTA S. JACOBSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, BUREAU OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. HEARING ON ''UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN: PRESSING THE ADMINISTRATION FOR A STRATEGY''; Chapter 6: TESTIMONY OF ROBERT N. KAPLAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION. HEARING ON ''UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN: PRESSING THE ADMINISTRATION FOR A STRATEGY''
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-63482-938-7
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