Unaccompanied children from Central America : issues and considerations /

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Imprint:	New York : Novinka, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Latin American political, economic, and security issues Latin American political, economic, and security issues.
Subject:	Unaccompanied immigrant children -- Government policy -- United States. Unaccompanied immigrant children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Unaccompanied immigrant children -- Central America. Emigration and immigration. Unaccompanied immigrant children. Central America -- Emigration and immigration. United States. Central America.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348939

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Other authors / contributors:	Quinn, Veronica K., editor.
ISBN:	9781634829380 1634829387 1634829379 9781634829373
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Since 2012, there has been a rapid increase in the number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) apprehended at the U.S.-Mexican border. According to DHS's Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the number of UAC from any country apprehended at the U.S.-Mexican border climbed from more than 24,000 in fiscal year 2012 to nearly 39,000 in fiscal year 2013, and to nearly 69,000 in fiscal year 2014. Prior to fiscal year 2012, the majority of UAC apprehended at the border were Mexican nationals. However, more than half of the UAC apprehended at the border in fiscal year 2013, and 75 percent apprehende.
Other form:	Print version: Unaccompanied children from Central America New York : Novinka, [2015] 1634829379

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