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Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children

Increasing legal representation for immigrant children facing deportation without a parent or legal guardian

  • Shaina Aber - Deputy Director, Center on Immigration on Justice
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Express Injustice

Expedited Immigration Hearings Pose Danger to Detained Children’s Right to a Fair Process

Special Report
July 13, 2020
Special Report

Walls and Bridges

Legal Recourse for Immigrants in the Age of Zero Tolerance

Spotlight
June 26, 2018
Spotlight

Language Access Resources for Working with Unaccompanied Children

A significant number of children who enter Office of Refugee Resettlement custody do not speak English. Communicating with these children can be challenging for attorneys and other service providers. To respond to this need, Vera’s Unaccompanied Children Legal Services Program has produced three resources: Glossary of Legal Spanish - A bilingual (E ...

Publication
November 12, 2015
Publication

Unaccompanied youth voice their struggle for identity and inclusion

Last year, attention surrounding unaccompanied youth reached a fevered pitch. Traveling alone and often fleeing escalating violence in their home countries, unaccompanied youth—undocumented minors under the age of 18 who are in the United States without a parent or legal guardian to provide them with care or custody—became front page news. By the e ...

Blog Post
  • Karen Berberich
    Karen Berberich
August 04, 2015
Blog Post

Finding Free or Low-Cost Legal Help

Vera’s Unaccompanied Children Program has prepared a directory of legal service organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal assistance and representation for non-detained children in immigration proceedings. The directory, which is organized alphabetically by state, includes the types of legal assistance provided by each organizat ...

Publication
  • Prosecution and Racial Justice Program
December 15, 2014
Publication

Unaccompanied Children Pro Bono Directory

This resource contains a list of legal service organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal assistance and representation for non-detained children in immigration proceedings. This list is comprised of mostly non-Vera affiliated organizations, but also includes those Vera/DCS Legal Access Project subcontractors who may be able to a ...

Publication
October 15, 2013
Publication

The Flow of Unaccompanied Children through the Immigration System

A Resource for Practitioners, Policymakers, and Researchers

Every year, thousands of unaccompanied children are detained in the U.S. immigrant system. These children—who are not afforded the right to free public defense—must often navigate a web of laws, policies, and government agencies alone. Vera, with funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), works with a national network of legal service p ...

Publication
  • Olga Byrne
February 29, 2012
Publication

Using Telephonic Interpreters

Mindfulness and Mastery

This webinar was designed for legal services providers in Vera’s Legal Orientation Program and Unaccompanied Children’s Program networks who work with clients who do not speak English or Spanish. The presentation provides practical tips for how to prepare for a telephonic interpretation, the Do’s and Don’ts for conducting the call, and how to close ...

Publication
February 15, 2012
Publication

Using Telephonic Interpreters

Mindfulness and Mastery

This webinar was designed for legal services providers in Vera’s Legal Orientation Program and Unaccompanied Children’s Program networks who work with clients who do not speak English or Spanish. The presentation provides practical tips for how to prepare for a telephonic interpretation, the Do’s and Don’ts for conducting the call, and how to close ...

Video
February 15, 2012
Video

Promoting Justice in the Immigration System

Legal Access for Unaccompanied Children

The Vera Institute of Justice has worked with the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and nonprofit legal service providers to administer the Unaccompanied Children Pro Bono Pilot Project (UCPBP) since 2005. This innovative program provides legal information and pro bono legal representation to children who are facing deportation while in ...

Publication
July 29, 2009
Publication

Unaccompanied Children in the United States

A Literature Review

This literature review, which examines articles by an assortment of scholars, advocates, and practicing attorneys, provides an overview of the published research on unaccompanied children in the Unitesd States within a legal and historical context. The report should be of interest to practitioners, researchers, and scholars whose work touches on im ...

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  • Olga Byrne
March 31, 2008
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Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Are Vulnerable, Yet Resilient, New Study Finds

Vera Press Release August 04, 2015
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