The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and The Children’s Village present chapter eight of Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States. The retrospective reviews the Unaccompanied Children’s Program from the passage of the Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 until today. It assesses 20 years of legislation, policies, litigation, […]
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Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective on the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and The Children’s Village present Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States. Read the full report here. Prequel The retrospective will review the Unaccompanied Children’s Program from the passage of the Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 until today. It assesses […]
Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and The Children’s Village present Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States. The retrospective reviews the Unaccompanied Children‘s Program from the passage of the Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 until today. It assesses 20 years of legislation, policies, […]
A Glimpse at Camp Life in Cox’s Bazar: Examining Aid Response and Distilling Solutions
Seizing the attention and sympathy of the international community in 2017, Rohingya refugees, forced by genocidal military operations to leave their homeland, are one of the world’s largest stateless populations. About one million Rohingya refugees now live in a number of camps in in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, where their living conditions are in flux […]
Chapter 7: Prevention of Sexual Abuse
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and The Children’s Village present chapter seven of Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States. The retrospective reviews the Unaccompanied Children’s Program from the passage of the Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 until today. It assesses 20 years of legislation, policies, litigation, and, […]
Chapter 6: Influx of Central American Unaccompanied Children
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and The Children’s Village present chapter six of Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States. The retrospective reviews the Unaccompanied Children‘s Program from the passage of the Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 until today. It assesses 20 years […]
USCRI releases joint report on climate-related displacement from field visit in Tijuana
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) released a report in collaboration with International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Human Security Initiative (HUMSI) on how climate change interacts with other root causes of displacement for migrants and asylum seekers who reach the United States’ southern border. The report, titled “Climate of Coercion: Environmental and […]
USCRI Responds to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) Entitled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways”
USCRI acknowledges that the United States is facing significant challenges associated with increased, ongoing arrivals of asylum seekers amongst mixed and onward movements within the Latin America. However, USCRI warns that the proposed rule will not address the root of the issues but will merely shift the challenges onto Mexico’s southern border. Individuals who cannot […]
Policy Report: Child Commodities: The Labor Exploitation of Unaccompanied Children in the United States
America’s supply chains are entrenched in a dangerous tolerance for profiteering off the multiple vulnerabilities of unaccompanied children in the United States. On February 25, 2023, a startling New York Times report was published detailing the exploitation of hundreds of unaccompanied children for their labor across the United States. The report named some of the […]
USCRI: Parole Extension Process for Ukrainians is a Welcome First Step on More Permanency for Parolees
The Department of Homeland Security announced on March 13 that the agency would allow parole extensions for Ukrainians who arrived in the United States early last year. After Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainians received parole at U.S. ports of entry to be admitted into the United States for one year. However, parole […]
