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LIRS collaborates with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Division of Unaccompanied Children Services (ORR/DUCS) to make sure that children go to appropriate caregivers, who will look out for their well-being and provide them with safe homes.
When unaccompanied children are detained, they are transferred from the care of immigration authorities into the care of ORR. Caseworkers there try to identify relatives or sponsors for the children so they can be released from federal custody while awaiting their immigration hearings. Once found, the relatives or sponsors and all residents of the household are fingerprinted as part of the process to determine whether anyone within the home poses risk to the child.
LIRS's fingerprinting sites are part of community organizations that work diligently to welcome newcomers. In addition to fingerprinting, the organizations offer other supportive services such as banking, legal assistance, and continuing education to the children and their caregivers.
Fingerprinting Fact Sheet
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Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service serves the best interests of all refugee and immigrant children by monitoring federal legislation and policies to ensure the fair and just treatment of these vulnerable populations.
We engage in advocacy for immigrant and refugee children nationally with the U.S. Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. Internationally we advocate with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
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