Are their rights being protected? The Humanitarian Crisis of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Are their rights being protected? Let’s learn about this problem and think about how to solve it together! Define the Problem PPA (click on link) Hoja de Trabajo 1: "Defina el problema" Complete Worksheet #1 - Define the Problem/Define el problema. Ms. V. Hepner Gregorio Luperon High School valhepner@gmail.com

Which countries are the unaccompanied migrant children from? Worksheet2: "Gathering evidence of the problem"(MSWORD) Hoja de Trabajo 2: "Reuna las evidencias"(MSWORD)

What causes could you identify for Central American children risking their lives to immigrate to the U.S.? Worksheet3: "Identifying the cause of the problem"(HTML) Hoja de Trabajo 3: "Identifique las causas"(MSWORD) Answer:

year and migrated to the United States? Why have tens of thousands of Central American children left their home this year and migrated to the United States? Define the Problem PPA (click on link) Hoja de Trabajo 1: "Defina el problema" "The gangs here threaten us," Arita says by phone from the pueblo where he lives, near the town of San Pedro Sula in northwest Honduras. "They come and tell us that they're going to kill us. If I go to the U.S. I may get killed on the way, but if I stay here I'll also get killed."

Once a child migrant has crossed the border, what happens next? Watch this video (click) (While thousands of child migrants from Central America have crossed the Rio Grande to U.S. soil, thousands more don’t make it that far. Many end up detained or broke in towns like Reynosa, Mexico.) Worksheet4: "Evaluating Existing Public Policies"(MSWORD) Hoja de Trabajo 4: "Evalue"(MSWORD)

What other solutions could be made to deal with this problem? Watch the PBS NewsHour video, ”Immigration lawyer helps detainees know their rights.” (click on ink) Think about some possible solutions to this problem and complete worksheet #4. Possible solutions: