Some 60,000 unaccompanied children from Central America, many of them fleeing violence, crossed the United States border last summer. The U.S. State Department’s Central American Minors in-country resettlement program provides a safe way for vulnerable children from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to reunify with a parent in the U.S.
Some 60,000 unaccompanied children from Central America, many of them fleeing violence, crossed the United States border last summer, many of them seeking reunion with a parent. The International Rescue Committee joined the effort to ensure that they were treated humanely and their rights protected.