CASA court appointed Special Advocates for Children June 28 2016 Los Angeles California Todays agenda Undocumented immigrants in the US California and Los Angeles Children of unauthorized immigrants ID: 564588
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Unauthorized Families & Unaccompanied Minors
CASA: court appointed Special Advocates for Children
June 28, 2016
Los Angeles, CaliforniaSlide2
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 migrantsSlide3
Legal status categories
P
ermanent statuses
Including asylum, refugee, LPR
Temporary
Including worker or student visas
Discretionary
Including TPS, DACA, and DAPA (proposed)
And,
undocumented Slide4
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 parentSlide5Slide6
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 Slide7
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
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Driver’s licenses
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Illinois
MarylandNew Mexico
NevadaUtahVermontWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaSlide9
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 childrenSlide10
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 MovementSlide11
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 marginalizationSlide12
Questions?
Stephanie L.
Canizales
Stephaniecanizales.com
Canizale@usc.edu