@article{THESIS,
      recid = {3731},
      author = {Grant, Caitlin},
      title = {An Analysis of the Empirical Assumptions v. the Reality of  Noncitizen Children Encountered at the U.S. – Mexico  Border},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2022-06-04},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {The United States’ treatment of undocumented refugee  minors violates many international refugee and asylum laws  and treaties. It further perpetuates and encourages  scientifically proven harm and trauma inflicted upon  vulnerable populations. Regardless, U.S. policies,  specifically Title 42 protocols, continually reinforce  these violations. This paper seeks to address the  discrepancy between published media accounts of border  encounters with children and the reality of these children  and broader factors which led them to migrate. Through an  examination of international treaties and national  policies, a relevant literature review, and an analysis of  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department  of Homeland Security (DHS) media publications and data,  this paper argues that the negative treatment and  perception of child migrants is a result of an assumption  that these undocumented children crossing the Southern  border are inherently bad and in the United States as a  result of their guardians careless decisions. I explain how  this conception is enforced by border control’s the media  narrations.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3731},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3731},
}