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Unaccompanied Alien Children, and More from CRS

06.20.14 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood

“The number of unaccompanied alien children arriving in the United States has reached alarming numbers that strain the system put in place over the past decade to handle such cases,” says a new report from the Congressional Research Service. See Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview, June 13, 2014.

Other new or newly updated CRS reports that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.

Domestic Federal Law Enforcement Coordination: Through the Lens of the Southwest Border, June 3, 2014

The Evolution of Cooperative Threat Reduction: Issues for Congress, June 13, 2014

Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990, June 13, 2014

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights, June 13, 2014

Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): In Brief, June 11, 2014

Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt, June 16, 2014

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate, June 12, 2014

Mongolia: Issues for Congress, June 17, 2014

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