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EOIR Issues Guidance on Child Advocates Appointed by HHS for UACs

11/15/19 AILA Doc. No. 19112035. Humanitarian Parole, Removal & Relief, Unaccompanied Children

EOIR issued PM 20-03 memorializing EOIR’s policy regarding child advocates appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the TVPRA of 2008, stating that this authority only exists for “child trafficking victims and other vulnerable unaccompanied alien children,” not for all UACs.

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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19112035.

Related Resources

Office of Refugee Resettlement: ORR Guide: Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied – January 30, 2015