Monday, December 6, 2010
9:00–10:30 a.m. ET
Panelists:
• Ajay Chaudry, senior fellow, Urban Institute; coauthor, “Facing Our Future: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement” (moderator)
• David Johns, senior education policy adviser, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (majority staff)
• Jeffrey Passel, senior demographer, Pew Hispanic Center
• Hiro Yoshikawa, professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; author, Immigrants Raising Citizens: Undocumented Parents and Their Children (forthcoming)
As politicians clash over what to do about the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants here, educators, child-service organizations, and others must deal with the day-to-day developmental needs and well-being of the 5.1 million children of undocumented parents.
Nearly 80 percent of these young people are U.S.-born citizens. These children—7 percent of all kids in the country—live under a cloud because their parents can be arrested at any time, separated from them, and deported. Meanwhile, over a million undocumented children are themselves subject to expulsion.
This special forum will scan the demographics of the children of the undocumented, explore the developmental and educational challenges they face, discuss social and cultural barriers to integration, and debate how public policy and agencies can foster a healthy atmosphere for children living and learning here.
Resources:
- Bios (pdf)
- Passel: Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children
(link)
- Passel: U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Flows Are Down Sharply Since Mid-Decade (link)
- Yoshikawa: Immigrants Raising Children (book flyer)
At the Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.
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