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Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview
Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview William A. Kandel Analyst in Immigration Policy January 18, 2017 congressional research Service 7-5700 R43599 Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview congressional research Service Summary In FY2014, the number of Unaccompanied Alien children (UAC, Unaccompanied children) that were apprehended at the Southwest border while attempting to enter the United States without authorization reached a peak, straining the system put in place over the past decade to handle such cases. Prior to FY2014, UAC apprehensions were steadily increasing. For example, in FY2011, the Border Patrol (USBP) apprehended 16,067 Unaccompanied children at the Southwest border, whereas in FY2014 more than 68,500 Unaccompanied children were apprehended. In FY2015, UAC apprehensions declined 42% to 39,970. At the close of FY2016 they increased to 59,692, roughly 20,000 more than in FY2015, and 9,000 less than the peak of FY2014.
Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview Congressional Research Service 1 Background After several years of increases, the number of unaccompanied alien1 children (UAC) apprehended at the Southwest border by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s)
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