Toward a Comprehensive Response to the Transnational Migration of Unaccompanied Minors in the United States

The number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum has dramatically increased in recent years. The international response has been both varied and at times opposed to the best interests of unaccompanied minors. The United States has chosen to respond through changing unaccompanied minors\u27 care and custody without addressing the need for changes in their substantive rights. However, it is necessary to broaden the interpretation of asylum standards to secure unaccompanied minors\u27 legal rights as children who suffer persecution because they lack primary caregivers