Spanish Abstract: El 9 de marzo del 2001, el gobierno de los EE. UU. anunció la designación del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para El Salvador. Esta designación se basó en las interrupciones y daños significativos causados por dos terremotos que golpearon a El Salvador en enero y...

Spanish Abstract: El 5 de enero de 1999, el gobierno de EE. UU. anunció la designación del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para Honduras. Esta designación tuvo como premisa los daños y alteraciones significativas causadas por el Huracán Mitch, que azotó a Honduras a finales de...

In January 1999, the U.S. government announced the designation of Honduras for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This designation was premised on the significant disruptions and damage caused by Hurricane Mitch, which had ravaged Honduras in late October 1998. TPS for Honduras has been extended...

In recent years, cases involving Central American migrants, including unaccompanied children (UACs) and families, have inundated the U.S. immigration system. Many of these migrants have expressed a fear of persecution and have applied for asylum, initiating a resource and time-intensive...

This paper offers a comprehensive orientation to the recent surge in migration to the United States by unaccompanied children and families from the Northern Triangle countries of Central America: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To inform advocates and others working on behalf of these new...

Increased Central American child and family migration is impacting local communities across the U.S. Between late 2013 and mid 2018, over 193,000 unaccompanied children (UACs) and 300,000 adults and children traveling as family units from Central America were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico...

For over a century, the “best interests of the child” standard has served as the cornerstone of a robust legal architecture erected by every state in the U.S. to safeguard the well-being of children, regardless of their immigration status. At the state level, the principle guides...