Slipping through the Cracks

Unaccompanied Children Detained by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service


The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) violates the rights of hundreds of unaccompanied children each year, some as young as eight, contrary to international law as well as INS regulations. Children are arrested, imprisoned, and deported, all by the same agency charged with protecting their rights.