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Unaccompanied Children In I.N.S. Detention, Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks
Unaccompanied Children In I.N.S. Detention, Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks
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It is important to note that children who end up in INS detention centers in the United States are not criminal detainees, but rather, administrative detainees. That is, they are not being held because they are accused or convicted of crimes. They are being held for two reasons only. First, the INS holds them in order to ensure their presence at immigration proceedings. They fear that if they let a child out, into foster care for instance, that child might not appear at any subsequent hearings or proceedings. Second, the government is legally required to look after these children in …