Unaccompanied Migrant Children in US Government Custody: 2014–2023

IF 2.3 1区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

International Migration Review Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.1177/01979183241252034

Melissa Alcaraz, Hayley Pierce, Jane Lilly López, Kif Augustine-Adams

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Abstract

Between October 1, 2014, and March 1, 2023, the US Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) took custody of 568,890 unaccompanied migrant children. Drawing on a unique dataset that ORR produced in response to Freedom of Information Act requests and litigation, we provide the first comprehensive, long-term demographic study of the population of unaccompanied migrant children while in ORR custody. Our analysis reveals the children's differential treatment and experiences across time and demographic characteristics. We contextualize ORR's treatment of the children in its custody by identifying legal standards governing their care. We also examine how specific instances of legal, political, and social change in the United States correlate with fluctuations in the origin-based demographics of unaccompanied migrant children seeking refuge in the United States. Results highlight the differential treatment and intense uncertainty that unaccompanied migrant children face in the United States based on their age, gender, country and region of origin, ORR program placements, and discharge types.

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美国政府监护的孤身移民儿童：2014-2023 年

从 2014 年 10 月 1 日到 2023 年 3 月 1 日，美国难民安置办公室（ORR）共监护了 568,890 名孤身移民儿童。根据《信息自由法案》的要求和诉讼，美国难民安置办公室提供了一个独特的数据集，我们利用该数据集，首次对美国难民安置办公室监护下的孤身移民儿童进行了全面、长期的人口统计研究。我们的分析揭示了儿童在不同时间和不同人口特征下的不同待遇和经历。我们通过确定有关照料儿童的法律标准，对 ORR 对其监护下儿童的待遇进行了背景分析。我们还研究了美国法律、政治和社会变革的具体情况如何与在美国寻求避难的无人陪伴移民儿童的原籍人口统计的波动相关联。研究结果凸显了孤身移民儿童在美国所面临的不同待遇和强烈的不确定性，这些待遇和不确定性取决于他们的年龄、性别、原籍国和地区、ORR 项目安置情况以及出院类型。

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International Migration Review DEMOGRAPHY-

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7.00

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7.90%

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期刊介绍： International Migration Review is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects of sociodemographic, historical, economic, political, legislative and international migration. It is internationally regarded as the principal journal in the field facilitating study of international migration, ethnic group relations, and refugee movements. Through an interdisciplinary approach and from an international perspective, IMR provides the single most comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis and review of international population movements.