US: The US must adopt child welfare strategies for unaccompanied minors (Opinion)
Hill – June 30, 2021
Since January 2021, more than 65,000 unaccompanied children have arrived at the U.S./Mexico border seeking refuge from violence, natural disaster, food insecurity, and poverty in Central America and other struggling countries, creating what many are calling a “crisis.” But as experts in child welfare and immigration, we view this not as a crisis but a failure of our government to welcome children with compassion, or at the very least with consideration of the best interest principles that drive our U.S. domestic child welfare system.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/560981-the-us-must-adopt-child-welfare-strategies-for-unaccompanied-minors