The children's immigration crisis is the acceleration in 2014 of the surge in unaccompanied children migrating to the United States from Central America that was recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in fiscal year 2011 when 4,059 unaccompanied children were apprehended at the U.S. border. The surge increased rapidly, doubling in volume each year,[1] reaching crisis proportions in late 2013 and 2014 when tens of thousands of women and children from the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador migrated to the United States.[2] Many of the children were an “unaccompanied alien child” as defined by 6 U.S.C. § 279(g)(2) as "a child under 18 who has no lawful status in the United States, and either has no parent/legal guardian in the United States, or has no parent/legal guardian available to provide care and physical custody."[3]

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Background

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Most women and children from Central America simply crossed the Rio Grande and turned themselves into to the United States Border Patrol, relying on the belief, partly well founded,[4] that United States immigration and refugee law made special provision for children. The large number of migrants entitled to hearings, counsel, and placement overwhelmed U.S. immigration courts and other government facilities.

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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 coming to the United States without parents or relatives. Under this program, the federal government will issue $2 million in grants to compensate lawyers and paralegals representing unaccompanied children.[5] 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.[6] A 2014 Mother Jonesarticle suggests many of these unaccompianied children are attempting to escape abusive situations.[7] Analysis of Border Patrol statistics[8] shows a correlation between gang-related killing of children in Central America, particularly San Pedro Sula in Honduras, and the surge in migration.[9]

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Federal responsibilities

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The provisions of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, which give substantial rights[10] and protection to unaccompanied children from countries which do not 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 an emergency appropriation of $4 billion[11] 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.[4] 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.[12]

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According to the Immigrant Rights' Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its subunits, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). usually called the immigration courts, within the United States Department of Justice each have statutory responsibilities with respect to unaccompanied children from Central America, or other nations that do not share a common border with the United States. According to the ACLU the stipulated settlement in Flores v. Meese, which is a United States District Court for the Central District of California decision which sets out a nationwide policy concerning federal detention of any minor,[13] also applies.[10]

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Resources

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Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), provides free legal aid to unaccompanied minors in immigration proceedings across the U.S. KIND was founded in October 2008 by Angelina Jolie in a collaboration with the Microsoft Corporation and 25 leading U.S. law firms.[14]

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Public and political reaction

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In early July 2014 the border crisis was the focus of extended coverage by cable news channels such as CNN and provided rich fodder for conservative denunciations of Obama for projecting an inappropriately welcoming message to potential immigrants. On the other hand, members of the Hispanic caucus called for humane measures with respect to families and children fleeing violence in Central America and continued efforts to refine administrative policy with respect to the millions of undocumented immigrants living and working in the United States.[15]

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On July 9, 2014 a hearing on the crisis was held by the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The testimony of Statement of Craig Fugate Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Department of Homeland Security was that "We are talking about large numbers of children, without their parents, who have arrived at our border—hungry, thirsty, exhausted, scared and vulnerable."[16][17] Senator Dianne Feinstein compared the crisis to the American refusal to accept Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany aboard the MS St. Louis.[18] The President's request for additional funds was met in both houses of Congress by proposals to modify or eliminate the rights granted by the 2008 William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection reauthorization of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000[19]

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As most unaccompanied children from Central America do not attempt to avoid capture but turn themselves into the Border Patrol after entering the United States, they usually cross the Rio Grande into Texas. The large number of children overwhelmed facilities in Texas in summer 2014 and some of the women and children were transferred to INS facilities in California. In most instances this occurred without incident, but in Murrieta, California on July 1, 2014 buses carrying immigrants to a Border Patrol facility were blocked by flag-waving protesters.[20] On July 15, 2014, in Oracle, Arizona, pro and con demonstrators faced off regarding possible use of a local facility to house immigrant children. The location of the shelters being used is confidential, but a local law enforcement officer had informed the community of the planned use of the facility.[21]

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Some conservatives see the sudden influx as being planned by the Obama administration (even postulating a Cloward–Piven strategy), based upon an advertisement posted in January of 2014 by the Department of Homeland Security seeking a contractor to manage and transport approximately 65,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) "ages infant to 17 years of age."[22] This number is set in contrast to an average annual number of 5,000 UAC.[23] The Department of Health and Human Services stated in its “Budget in Brief” that the annual number or arriving UAC had increased from 6,560 to an estimated 60,000 for fiscal year 2014,[24] and the Government anticipated awarding a five year contract to deal with them.

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See also

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    Regional Office United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the United States and the Caribbean (March 2014). "Children on the Run: Unaccompanied children leaving Central America and Mexico and the Need for International Protection" (PDF). unhcrwashington.org. Washington, D.C.: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. p. 15. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

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    Tom Dart (July 9, 2014). "Child migrants at Texas border: an immigration crisis that's hardly new South Texas has become preferred point of entry with arrivals up 178% year on year, with a spike in those from Central America". Houston: The Guardian. Retrieved July 10, 2014.

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    6 U.S.C. § 279(g)(2)

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    Carl Hulse (July 9, 2014). "Immigrant Surge Rooted in Law to Curb Child Trafficking". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

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    SEMPLE, KIRK (6 June 2014). "Youths Facing Deportation to Be Given Legal Counsel". New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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    Gomez, Alan (6 June 2014). "Obama to provide legal aid to border-crossing children". USA Today. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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    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.

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    "Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) by Location of Origin for CY 2014: Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala". adamisacson.com. Homeland Intelligence Today. May 27, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.

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    Frances Robles (July 9, 2014). "Fleeing Gangs, Children Head to U.S. Border". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2014. "They killed all those kids and nobody did anything about it"

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    "Rights of Children in the Immigration Process" (PDF). aclu.org. ACLU Immigrant Rights' Project. July 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

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    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."

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    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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    "Flores v. Meese - Stipulated Settlement Agreement" (PDF). aclu.org. ACLU. August 12, 1996. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

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    Angelina Jolie Speaks Passionately About Refugees and Children. October 18, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2013.

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    Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear (July 16, 2014). "Border Crisis Casts Shadow Over Obama’s Immigration Plan". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2014. "the crisis in the Rio Grande Valley along the border has ballooned into round-the-clock cable television fare and constant fodder for Mr. Obama’s opponents in Congress."

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    Statement of Craig Fugate Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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    "Challenges at the Border: Examining the Causes, Consequences, and Responses to the Rise in Apprehensions at the Southern Border". hsgac.senate.gov. United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. July 9, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014. "Our border security system has been overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of these children and families."

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    "Obama Challenges Perry to Rally GOP Around Border Plan". Retrieved July 15, 2014.

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    Ashley Parker (July 10, 2014). "G.O.P. Pushes Back on Approving Border Funds". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2014.

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    "Protests turn back buses carrying illegal immigrant children". Fox News. Associated Press. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014. "stop illegal immigration, illegals out!"

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    Astrid Galvan/Associated Press (July 15, 2014). "Arizona protesters hope to stop immigrant transfer". Azfamily.com. Associated Press. Retrieved July 17, 2014.

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    Department of Homeland Security. "Escort Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children". FedBizOpps.gov. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

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    Slavo, Mac. "Homeland Security Bid: The Smoking Gun of the Orchestrated Illegal Immigrant Invasion". The Conservative Tree House. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

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    "Budget in Brief". Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

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