A light dig on:

Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied and Potential Sponsors

Some exerts:

Section Two: Safe and Timely Release from ORR Care: How ORR finds, contacts, and and assesses potential

sponsors; policies on background checks; effect of immigration status on sponsor eligibility; the release

preference policy; and release planning.

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2.2.4 Required Documents for Submission with the Application for Release

In addition to completing and signing the Family Reunification Application (FRA) and the Authorization for Release of Information, potential sponsors must provide documentation of identity, address, and relationship to the child they seek to sponsor (see also The Family Reunification Checklist for Sponsors).3 Potential sponsors must also submit documentation verifying the identity of the children they seek to sponsor, and evidence verifying the identity of all adults residing with the sponsor and all adult care givers identified in a sponsor care plan. In addition to their use as evidence of the foregoing, all documentation submitted under this section is used as part of the overall sponsor assessment process. See Section 2.4 Sponsor Assessment Criteria and Home Studies. As a result, ORR may in its discretion require potential sponsors to submit additional documentation beyond the minimums specified below.

Proof of Sponsor Identity

To verify their identity, all potential sponsors must submit original versions or legible copies of government-issued identification documents. They may present either one selection from List A or two or more documents from List B. If a potential sponsor presents selections from list B, at least one selection must contain a legible photograph. Expired documents are acceptable for the purpose of establishing identity.

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>>5202516

A light dig on:

Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied and Potential Sponsors

Some exerts:

2.2.1 Identification of Qualified Sponsors

The care provider, the ORR funded facility that cares for the child, interviews the child as well as parents (see the section below on how ORR confirms relationship with child), legal guardians, and/or family members to identify qualified custodians (“sponsors”). If a child is either too young or there are other factors that prohibit the care provider from obtaining potential sponsor information from the unaccompanied alien child, the care provider may seek assistance from the child’s home country consulate in collaboration with the ORR Federal Field Specialist (ORR/FFS) or from a reputable family tracing organization. Finding a sponsor for the child is an ongoing process that continues during the unaccompanied alien child’s stay in ORR care and custody in the event that the primary potential sponsor or primary release plan is not approved.

ORR releases children to a sponsor in the following order of preference:1 parent; legal guardian; an adult relative (brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent or first cousin); an adult individual or entity designated by the parent or legal guardian (through a signed declaration or other document that ORR determines is sufficient to establish the signatory’s parental/guardian relationship); a licensed program willing to accept legal custody; or an adult individual or entity seeking custody when it appears that there is no other likely alternative to long term ORR care and custody. ORR has grouped these release options into the following categories.2

Category 1: Parent or legal guardian (This includes qualifying step-parents that have legal or joint custody of the child or teen)

Category 2: An immediate relative–a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent or first cousin. (This includes biological relatives, relatives through legal marriage, and half-siblings)

Category 3: Other sponsor, such as distant relatives and unrelated adult individuals

Category 4: No sponsors identified

Although ORR gives preference to a parent or legal guardian when determining release plans, there are instances when ORR would not release an unaccompanied alien child to a parent or legal guardian. These include:

There has been a court ordered termination of parental rights over the child.

There is substantial evidence that the child would be at risk of harm if released to the parent or legal guardian.

In some cases, an unaccompanied alien child enters the United States with her biological child. In those cases, ORR will identify a sponsor for the unaccompanied alien child as well as for the infant or toddler. In most instances, it is in the best interest of the unaccompanied alien child and her biological child to be released to the same sponsor. When that occurs, the sponsor is assigned the same category for the infant as for the UAC mother. This is true even if the potential sponsor would be assigned a different category (based on their relationship status) if he or she were to sponsor the infant alone.

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>>5202546

A light dig on:

Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied and Potential Sponsors

Sauce:

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied-section-2#2.2

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/unaccompanied-childrens-services#Family%20Reunification%20Packet%20for%20Sponsors (documents for potential sponsors)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/unaccompanied-alien-children-released-to-sponsors-by-state

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied-guide-to-terms (term guide)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource-library/search?keyword%5B0%5D=potential%20sponsor (search hits for "potential sponsors")

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>>5202552

Baker

One more post in this series on Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied and Potential Sponsors, contains the sauce and moar avenues for anons to dig.

Here's the mini-bun of all three:

>>5202516

>>5202546

>>5202569

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There's a lot more to dig through here but this is a start. Not a lawfag but would be good to get lawfag's eyezon here.

From my understanding, there are many forms a potential sponsor must fill out to be granted "sponsor" over a Child Entering the United States Unaccompanied. See the sauce.

All these forms still needs to be picked through. You know what to do, anons.

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>>5202692

TY Baker. I must stand down for now but hope you have a good morning/evening.

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>>5202772

Anytime fren. Let us know if you find anything else good buried in there.