Since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2018, there have been more than 13,000
Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) released and resettled across the United States.
Without Alexander's personal and structural contributions to their work, Ms. Carolina Garza De Luna, Esperanza's Pro Bono Coordinator believes her organization «would not have been able to respond to the surge of demand for legal screenings for
unaccompanied alien children.»
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is holding a series of emergency conference calls with all departments and agencies of the federal government requiring them to search for and vet «properties to temporarily house [
unaccompanied alien children]» because «the need for facilities continues to grow.»
Texas is ground zero for the influx of
unaccompanied alien children, 85 percent of whom enter the country through its borders.
Not exact matches
The law reflected the belief that
unaccompanied children (not from Mexico or Canada) likely were the victims of
alien traffickers, who might seek to exploit the
children as slaves or prostitutes.