Unaccompanied Children And Families At The Southwest Border
Unaccompanied Children andFamilies at the Southwest BorderOctober 2016
Poverty and Crime in Central AmericaUnemployment and Poverty Rates in 201480%United States74%68%60%42%40%20%15%7%6%8%3%0%United StatesEl SalvadorUnemployment RateMexicoGuatemalaHondurasPoverty RateHomicide Rate Per 100,000 PeopleUnited StatesGuatemalaHonduras4.9Guatemala30HondurasEl Salvador57El Salvador10302040201460201580100
Migration Between FY14 – FY16El Centro2,7092,8985,607San DiegoYumaTucson4,7088,57813,2863,5916,1369,727This map shows the number ofmigrants from Central America andMexico apprehended within BorderPatrol sectors between October2014 and September 2016 Unaccompanied Children Mothers and Children Total number of migrants20,5839,85430,437El PasoBig Bend6,5767,44614,0222,0462,0344,080Del 37131,741242,278
Country of Origin for Unaccompanied Children at the Border51,70550,00046,89340,00030,000In FY15, Mexicoapprehended 165,000Central Americanmigrants at theirsouthern border20,00011,92610,0000FY10 (Oct-Sept)FY11FY12FY13El Salvador, Guatemala, HondurasFY14MexicoFY15FY16
Country of Origin for Mothers and Children at the Border70,40772,00062,00052,00042,00032,000In FY13, the totalnumber of familiescrossing the borderwas 14,855. DuringFY14 the number ofCentral Americanscrossing was so highthey began breakingout by nationality.22,00012,0003,4812,000FY13 (Oct-Sept)FY14El Salvador, Guatemala, HondurasFY15MexicoFY16
Pathways to TexasDFW 3,715Travis Co. 1,031Greater Houston9,763Bexar Co. 453Texas Monthly1. Central American families(mostly mothers with theirchildren) and UnaccompaniedChildren are apprehended atborder and detained by Customsand Border Protection;Unaccompanied Children must bereleased within 72 hours.Texas Observer2. Unaccompanied Children are sentto Office of Refugee Resettlementshelters around the U.S.; there are 22main organizations in TX wherechildren stay an average of 30 days.Mothers and their families are sent toImmigration and CustomsEnforcement Detention Centers.Unaccompanied Children sent to Texas sponsors FY14 – FY163. Unaccompanied Children andfamilies are sent to a relative orsponsor to wait for theirimmigration hearing; courts are inDallas, El Paso, Harlingen, Houston,Pearsall, Port Isabel or San Antonio.
Top 5 Counties with Children Released to ,4122,0000Harris Co. (Houston)Los Angeles Co.Suffolk Co. (NYC)FY14FY15FY16TOTALMiami-Dade Co.Prince George's Co. (D.C.)
Texas Immigration Court Outcomes22,768 children without representation18,378 children with representationVoluntary Departure: childrequired to leave but not barredfrom returning22%25%27%Terminate Proceedings: finds thatDHS has not established the childis removable; child can remain1%3%5%Removal Order: child barred fromreturning for a period of years orpermanently66%18%7%7%19%Grant Relief: law entitles child torelief from removal, i.e. asylum;child can remainOther Closure: judge decides notto deport child, includestemporary protected statusPending
ReferencesInSight Crime: Investigation and Analysis of Organized Crime; InDepth idesOffice of Refugee Resettlement’s Administration for Children and Families; Children Released to Sponsors by -by-state-uc-placed-sponsorsSyracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse; Juveniles in Immigration nile/United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; CEPALSTAT Databases and Statistical t/WEB CEPALSTAT/perfilesNacionales.asp?idioma iU.S. Customs and Border Protection; Southwest Border Unaccompanied st-border-unaccompanied-children/fy-2016The Washington Office on Latin America; Increases in Child and Family Migration from Central child-and-family-migration-from-central-america/
children) and Unaccompanied Children are apprehended at border and detained by Customs and Border Protection; Unaccompanied Children must be released within 72 hours. 2. Unaccompanied Children are sent to Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters around the U.S.; there are 22 main organizations in TX where children stay an average of 30 days.
177 unaccompanied and separated children (165 boys and 12 girls). During the first four months of 2017, 35 unaccompanied and separated children sought asylum in Serbia (33 boys and two girls). In the past two years, the majority of unaccompanied and separated children came from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, countries with wide-spread violence.
9 In France, unaccompanied children are covered by the law on child welfare and not required to hold a residence permit. In Italy, a residence permit for unaccompanied children exists, see Law No. 47/ 2017, Art. 10 (1) (a). Figure 1: Unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the EU (2009-2018), by gender, absolute numbers and % Total Boys Girls
The Number of Families and Unaccompanied Children Peaked in 2014 and again in 2016 Apprehensions of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) and Family Units at the U.S.-Mexico Border by Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 through August 2016 Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Southwest Border Unaccompanied Children, data reported in FY 2012-2016
Provide support as you are able. Items that may seem trivial, such as a small packet of school supplies or hygiene items, may be very helpful to unaccompanied youth and received as a caring gesture. Encourage unaccompanied youth to stay in school, and advocate for supports needed for their educational success. ENROLLING UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH
Commission indicated that unaccompanied children of Mexican origin are, in some cases, being turned around before entering U.S. soil (a practice called a "turn-back") or U.S. officers are failing to correctly identify Mexican unaccompanied children who may have protection needs. While the Commission considers that aspects relating to the
unaccompanied and separated children arriving to the United States from these same three countries - El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The total number of apprehensions of unaccompanied and separated children from these countries by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) jumped from 4,059 in FY 2011 to
unaccompanied by their parents or relatives. If taken into U.S. custody, those children are designated "unaccompanied alien children" or "UACs." 1. Congress has tasked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with finding appropriate homes in which to place UACs temporarily, pending the resolution of immigration proceedings.
Units of Study by Grade Level Kindergarten 5 Grade 1 15 Grade 2 25 Grade 3 35 Grade 4 45 Grade 5 54 Grade 6 64 Differentiation Guide 72 Curriculum Connections 75 Pacing Guide 78 . 3 Rationale and Philosophy Note on Curriculum Format The Chesterfield School District has adopted the Understanding by Design (UbD) format to organize the Curriculum Standards. Overall Unit topics are thus seen as .
