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Immigration Law: Children in Custody

Minors in Custody

“A Failure on All Our Parts.” Thousands of Immigrant Children Wait in Government Shelters.
ProPublica 10/7/22
Labor exploitation of unaccompanied migrant children probed at U.S. House hearing
Ohio Capital Journal 4/19/23
Ms. L v. ICE (US Dist. Ct. Southern Dist. of CA)
Lays out standards for when ICE can separate migrant parents and children.
Ms. L v. ICE (2023)
Settlement Agreement
8 USC Sec. 1325
Improper entry by alien. It is a crime.
Details on Border Patrol Arrests
TRAC Immigration from Syracuse Univ. current through April 2018
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN: Actions Needed to Improve Grant Application Reviews and Oversight of Care Facilities
GAO Report 10/7/20

Flores Agreement

An American Catastrophe: The Secret History of the US Government's Family Separation Policy
Article by Caitlin Dickerson in the Atlantic, 8/7/22
Biden to stop holding undocumented families in detention centers
Axios 12/16/21
The Biden Administration Has Canceled A Trump-Era Policy That Made It Harder For Immigrant Children To Get Asylum
BuzzFeed News 3/4/21
Flores Agreement on Minors in Immigration Custody and Related Documents
American Immigration Lawyers Association
US immigration judges considering asylum for unaccompanied minors are ‘significantly influenced’ by politics
The Conversation 7/13/21