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11 sty 2022 · The steps include plans to boost refugee admissions, preserving deportation relief for unauthorized immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and not enforcing the “public charge” rule that denies green cards to immigrants who might use public benefits like Medicaid.
5 kwi 2024 · Children of immigrants are the fastest growing component of the U.S. child population, representing 24 percent of all U.S. children. Immigrant families in the United States are concentrated at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum.
11 maj 2024 · It mandates that migrant children be released without necessary delay to family, a child welfare program or an adult seeking custody if family reunification is not possible. The vast majority of children released in such cases go to close relatives while their immigration cases are ongoing.
27 mar 2023 · Immigration authorities encountered more than 152,000 unaccompanied minors at or near the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2022 (FY2022), an all-time high. About 72 percent of all unaccompanied...
20 lip 2021 · In our advocacy with Congress, we took a leap forward in bridging the gap between policies for immigrant youth and other children in government custody, securing federal commitments to decrease the size of federal shelters for migrant children, and worked with Congressional offices to protect children’s right to be with family.
19 mar 2021 · Expands the definition of “child” in immigration law to apply to the children of “permanent partners” (to include legal partnerships other than marriage). Clarifies that U.S. citizen parents who are legally recognized as a child’s parent may pass citizenship/nationality on to their child.
UNICEF works around the world to help protect the rights of migrant and displaced children. We provide life-saving humanitarian supplies in refugee camps. We run child-friendly spaces – safe places where children on the move can play, where mothers can rest and feed their babies in private, where separated families can reunite.
