US: Immigration Advocacy Coalition Releases Report: “‘Any Day They Could Deport Me’: Over 44,000 Immigrant Children Trapped in the SIJS Backlog”
Milbank – December 03, 2021
The End SIJS Backlog Coalition, a national group of directly impacted youth and allied advocates, and The Door, a not-for-profit organization that provides comprehensive youth development services, today released “‘Any Day They Could Deport Me’: Over 44,000 Immigrant Children Trapped in the SIJS Backlog,” a report illustrating the harms of the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) backlog on directly impacted children, child welfare agencies, legal service providers, and immigration agencies and the courts. This marks the first time that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data on the SIJS backlog, presented and analyzed in the report, has been made available to the public.
Also: Report: ‘Any Day They Could Deport Me’: Over 44,000 Immigrant Children Trapped in the SIJS Backlog: https://door.org/any-day-they-could-deport-me/