Safe Passage Project

Each year since 2001, approximately 86,000 juveniles have been apprehended by U.S. Many of these children are unaccompanied and are seeking refuge from abuse and maltreatment. Others come to the U.S. with parents or family members who are unable or unwilling to care for them. Because the immigration process is a civil system, aliens in the U.S. are not entitled to legal counsel at government expen  ...