Searching for a Better Life in an Unfamiliar World: Unaccompanied Immigrant

Author: 
Bob Glaves
Periodical: 
New Americans, Volume 5, Issue 1
Year: 
2006
Publisher: 
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Description: 

An estimated 1,200 unaccompanied immigrant minors are in custody at any given time in the United States, with the vast majority of them between the age of 12 and 17, though 10 percent are not even 12 years of age. In this article, Bob Glaves explains their access to legal support, explores the policies affecting them, and outlines the role that funders can play.

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