A Child Alone and Without Papers
by Center for Public Policy Priorities
November 12, 2008
CPPP Repatriation Project
A Child Alone and Without Papers reveals what happens to more than 43,000 undocumented, unaccompanied children removed annually from the United States and repatriated to their home countries. Policy analysis and interviews with adults and children in the system revealed the United States often compromises children's rights, safety, and well-being, contrary to international law and U.S. child welfare standards.
