Unaccompanied Children in America - A Reference Handbook

How many unaccompanied children enter US territory every year? What challenges, dangers, and risk factors are they most likely to face on their migration journeys? What immigration policies and laws determine how their cases are treated in America? Are most unaccompanied children fleeing political violence? What agencies and programs in the USA are responsible for housing these children, processing their cases, and determining their legal status? This all-in-one resource provides insights into every facet of the debates surrounding unaccompanied immigrant children and their experiences on both sides of the US border.>

Product details

• Authors: Robert G Hasson, Robert G. Hasson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.06.2026
• EAN: 9781440880766
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-8076-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Contemporary World Issues
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, immigration law, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social welfare & social services, Migration, immigration and emigration, Child welfare, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, Social welfare, social policy and social services