Children's immigration crisis
In late 2013 and 2014 tens of thousands of women and children from Central American countries such as Guatemala and Honduras came to the United States as illegal immigrants. Many were children unaccompanied by their parents, Most simply crossed the Rio Grande and turned themselves into to the Border Patrol, relying on the belief, partly well founded,[1] that United States law made special provision for illegal immigrants who were children. The large number of immigrants entitled to hearings, counsel, and placement overwhelmed U.S. immigration courts and other government facilities.
The United States Department of Justice reported in June 2014 that it will provide around 100 lawyers and paralegals for the rising number of children illegally coming to the United States, without parents or relatives. Under this program, the federal government will issue $2 million in grants to entice lawyers and paralegals to help illegal minors.[2] Attorney General Eric Holder stated, "We're taking a historic step to strengthen our justice system and protect the rights of the most vulnerable members of society.” The Obama administration estimates roughly 60,000 unaccompanied children will come across the border to the US in 2014.[3] A 2014 Mother Jones article suggests many of these unaccompianied children are attempting to escape abusive situations.[4]
The provisions of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, which give substantial rights and protection to unaccompanied children from countries which have a common border with the United States such as the nations of Central America other than Mexico, made expeditious deportation of the large number of children from Central America who came to the United States in 2014 difficult and expensive, prompting a call by President Barack Obama for a emergency appropriation of $4 billion[5] and resulting in discussions by the Department of Justice and Congress of how to interpret or revise the law in order to expedite handling large numbers of children under the act.[1] One solution, proposed by the Department of Justice in July 2014, is to move cases involving children and families with children to the head of the docket in immigration courts.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carl Hulse (July 9, 2014). "Immigrant Surge Rooted in Law to Curb Child Trafficking". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ↑ SEMPLE, KIRK (6 June 2014). "Youths Facing Deportation to Be Given Legal Counsel". New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ Gomez, Alan (6 June 2014). "Obama to provide legal aid to border-crossing children". USA Today. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ Gordon, Ian (2014-08). "70,000 Kids Will Show Up Alone at Our Border This Year. What Happens to Them?". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2014-06-21. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Michael D. Shear and Jeremy W. Peters (July 8, 2014). "Obama Asks for $3.7 Billion to Aid Border". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
an urgent humanitarian situation.
- ↑ Julia Preston (July 8, 2014). "U.S. Adjusts Court Flow to Meet Rise in Migrants". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
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