TWO SUBSTANTIAL COURT VICTORIES FOR FOREIGN CHILDREN IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S WAR AGAINST IMMIG
The lawful permanent resident category of “Special Immigrant Juvenile” (SIJ) has long been a path to physical safety, permanent residency and eventual U.S. citizenship for alien children and teens who reach the United States seeking refuge here from parental harm in their home countries. The SIJ provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provide that any “juvenile” (defined as someone under 21 years old in the INA) who reaches the United States and who has an adu
