Rayburn House Office Bldg. RM# 2456
45 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20515
Jun 13, 2014
3:00 PM (GMT-5)
Host:
Representative Hank Johnson
The Department of Homeland Security estimates that well over 60,000 children will appear at the border by the end of 2014. This alarming statistic is a drastic increase compared to 2013 when only 24,000 children were apprehended at U.S. borders. CEPR Senior Associate for International Policy Alex Main will participate in a congressional briefing hosted by Representative Hank Johnson, which will examine how the current situations in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador have caused such unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied children to arrive to the U.S. – Mexico border. He will be joined by Geoff Thale of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and Megan McKenna of Kids In Need of Defense (KIND).
Please contact Sascha Thompson at [email protected] or Whitney Marshall at [email protected] in Representative Johnson's office for questions.
