Knight, Danielle,
Waiting in Limbo, Their Childhood Lost. Danielle Knight. - U.S. News & World Report, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 33, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Waiting in Limbo, Their Childhood Lost, March 15, 2004; pp. 72+.
"Up to 80,000 children and teenagers, unaccompanied by parents or other legal guardians, come from all over the world--but mostly from Mexico and Central America--fleeing persecution, traffickers, poverty, and abuse. Most are deported within 72 hours, but the relatively few who are allowed to stay--about 4,800 in fiscal year 2003, up from 3,150 in 1997--must wait for their turn in the docket before a federal immigration judge. Some...wait for years. Without laws to protect them, these children are ignored by an immigration bureaucracy hell bent on avoiding another September 11 [2001]....While they wait, the children are supposed to be held in the least restrictive setting possible, usually one of 40 detention facilities nationwide. Despite recent reforms, however, many children have been held in juvenile jails, adult prisons, and locked hotel rooms with armed guards stationed outside." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reports on the results of an investigation into the treatment of children and teens seeking asylum in the United States.
1522-3213;
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Asylum
Emigration and immigration
Immigrant children
Immigrants--Services for
Immigrants--Statistics
Juvenile detention
AC1.S5
050
Waiting in Limbo, Their Childhood Lost. Danielle Knight. - U.S. News & World Report, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 33, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Waiting in Limbo, Their Childhood Lost, March 15, 2004; pp. 72+.
"Up to 80,000 children and teenagers, unaccompanied by parents or other legal guardians, come from all over the world--but mostly from Mexico and Central America--fleeing persecution, traffickers, poverty, and abuse. Most are deported within 72 hours, but the relatively few who are allowed to stay--about 4,800 in fiscal year 2003, up from 3,150 in 1997--must wait for their turn in the docket before a federal immigration judge. Some...wait for years. Without laws to protect them, these children are ignored by an immigration bureaucracy hell bent on avoiding another September 11 [2001]....While they wait, the children are supposed to be held in the least restrictive setting possible, usually one of 40 detention facilities nationwide. Despite recent reforms, however, many children have been held in juvenile jails, adult prisons, and locked hotel rooms with armed guards stationed outside." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reports on the results of an investigation into the treatment of children and teens seeking asylum in the United States.
1522-3213;
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Asylum
Emigration and immigration
Immigrant children
Immigrants--Services for
Immigrants--Statistics
Juvenile detention
AC1.S5
050