Data and Code For: Addressing the Surge in Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, UC Merced; Jose Bucheli, New Mexico State University; Mary Lopez, Occidental College

Version: View help for Version V1

Name	File Type	Size	Last Modified
Figure 1.dta	application/x-stata-dta	9.2 KB	04/28/2023 12:42:PM
Figure 2.dta	application/x-stata-dta	9.2 KB	04/28/2023 11:03:AM
Figures 1 and 2.do	text/plain	2 KB	04/30/2023 03:17:PM
README.pdf	application/pdf	55.5 KB	04/30/2023 03:16:PM

Project Citation:

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina, Bucheli, Jose, and Lopez, Mary. Data and Code For: Addressing the Surge in Unaccompanied Migrant Children. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-05-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E190341V1

Project Description

Summary: Unaccompanied migrant children (UMC) account for a growing share of apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border. Contrary to past UMC flows, which were primarily comprised of older youth fleeing violence in Mexico, recent UMC flows include children of all ages escaping life-threatening conditions in Central America’s Northern Triangle. To manage the growing influx of UMC, the Biden administration established surge facilities, which rely on emergency standards to house and care for the children. We show that surge facilities created capacity in traditional shelters, enabling them to accommodate tender-age children and reducing the number of children in foster care. We provide instructions for obtaining the data through the Freedom of Information Act.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: unacccompanied migrant children; migration surges; immigration policy

JEL Classification:
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
K37 Immigration Law

Methodology

Data Source: Freedom of Information Act request on unaccompanied minors apprehended along the U.S. southwest border by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and referred to the Office of Refugee and Resettlement between January 2019 and June 2022.

Related Publications

Download this project

Published Versions

V1 [2023-05-03]

Export Metadata

Dublin Core

DDI 2.5

Report a Problem

Found a serious problem with the data, such as disclosure risk or copyrighted content? Let us know.

This material is distributed exactly as it arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.