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Protecting Unaccompanied Alien Children from Trafficking and Other Abuses: The Role of the Office of Refugee Resettlement
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Abstract
From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued a staff report regarding the problems of trafficking among unaccompanied immigrant children. The report uses a case study in Marion, Ohio where multiple immigrant children were subject to trafficking, exploitation, and abuse from adult sponsors, and seeks to find if this was an unfortunate tragedy or a systematic problem. The report finds that there were multiple structural deficiencies in this process ranging from inadequate sponsorship verification and background checks to deficient home check-ins and post-release assistance for the immigrant children.
Date
2016-01-28
Document Type
Senate Bipartisan Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
56 pages
Congress
114
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports, Bipartisan
PAP Major Code
9: Immigration
PAP Minor Code
900: Immigration and Refugee Issues