The following table lists names and contact information for CRS experts on unaccompanied alien children (UAC). Policy and legal areas identified include domestic policy, international affairs UAC-related criminal activity, and UAC-related appropriations.
Legislative Issues |
Name/Title |
Phone |
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DOMESTIC POLICY |
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Border Security |
Carla Argueta |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Data on UAC |
Sarah Caldwell |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Federal Coordination—Interagency Unified Coordination Group |
Fran McCarthy |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
Fran McCarthy |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Immigration Relief for UAC |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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National Guard on the Border |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Refugees (In country processing) |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC Adjudication and the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC Family Reunification |
William Kandel |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC Legislative Background |
William Kandel |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC Processing |
William Kandel |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC Removals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |
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Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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El Salvador |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Gangs in Central America |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Guatemala |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Honduras |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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International Humanitarian Assistance and Response |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Mexico |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Migration |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Refugees and Other Displaced Populations |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC Push Factors |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC Reception/Reintegration in Central America |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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UAC-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY |
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Gangs in Central America |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Gangs in the United States |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Human Smuggling |
Carla Argueta |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Human Trafficking in Central America |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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APPROPRIATIONS |
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Appropriations—CBP |
Carla Argueta |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Appropriations—DHS |
William Painter (Coordinator) |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Appropriations—DOJ/EOIR |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Appropriations—DOS |
Susan Epstein |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Appropriations—ICE |
[author name scrubbed] |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Appropriations—HHS/ORR |
William Kandel |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |
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Appropriations—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) |
William Kandel |
[phone number scrubbed] |
[email address scrubbed] |