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Unauthorized Families & Unaccompanied Minors

Dive into the complexities of undocumented immigrants, U.S.-born children of unauthorized parents, and legal status categories. Learn about the challenges faced by unauthorized youth and unaccompanied minors in America. Explore the rights, issues, and impact on education and social welfare. Discover the current landscape and implications in California and Los Angeles. Join us for an informative session on June 28, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.

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Unauthorized Families & Unaccompanied Minors

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  1. Unauthorized Families & Unaccompanied Minors CASA: court appointed Special Advocates for Children June 28, 2016 Los Angeles, California

  2. Today’s agenda: • -- Undocumented immigrants in the U.S., California, and Los Angeles • -- Children of unauthorized immigrants • U.S. born children • Unauthorized immigrant youth • -- Unaccompanied child migrants

  3. Legal status categories • Permanent statuses • Including asylum, refugee, LPR • Temporary • Including worker or student visas • Discretionary • Including TPS, DACA, and DAPA (proposed) • And, undocumented

  4. Undocumented Immigrants • United States • -- Approx. 11 million • -- 79% from Latin America, 49% Mexican-born • -- California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois • -- 40% of adults live with U.S. born children, 7% of K-12 students has an undocumented parent • --62% have lived in US for 10+yrs. • CALIFORNIA • --Approx. 2.6 million (25% of national pop.) • --68% Mexican-born • -- Los Angeles hosts largest concentration of undocumented immigrants in CA • --13% of California’s K-12 students has an undocumented parent

  5. LA Unified School District • -- LAUSD represents the second largest school district in the nation • -- 88% students of color, 79% of students qualify for free- or reduced-lunch • -- LAUSD estimates 30-40% of students reside in mixed-status families • --LAUSD declared that it is a ”safe zone” where Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials are unable to enter onto the college campuses

  6. Rights of undocumented immigrants • -- Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) • -- Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) • -- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, or Welfare Reform) • -- Affordable Care Act and Driver’s Licenses

  7. Driver’s licenses • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Hawaii • Illinois • Maryland • New Mexico • Nevada • Utah • Vermont • Washington • District of Columbia

  8. U.S.-born Children of Unauthorized Parents • 4.5 mil US born children of undoc. immigrants • -- Burden of Deportation • -- Blocked access to services • -- Cognitive development • -- Education • -- Enforcement • -- Stalled efforts to ameliorate consequences of parents’ undocumented status on U.S.-born children

  9. Unauthorized youth transitioning into adulthood • 775k undocumented immigrant youth • -- 1.5 generation • -- Plyler v. Doe, inclusion to exclusion • -- “Awakening to a nightmare” • -- “Learning to be illegal” • --DREAM Act and the DREAMer Movement

  10. Unaccompanied Minors • > 102,000 unaccompanied Central American and Mexican minors apprehended at the US southern border since 2013 • -- Enter into traditional Central American immigrant destinations, including California • -- Simultaneous removal and integration processes • -- Vulnerable to exploitation, poverty, and marginalization

  11. Questions? Stephanie L. Canizales Stephaniecanizales.com Canizale@usc.edu

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