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Exploring the Responsibilities of Street-Level Bureaucrats through the Perspectives of Unaccompanied Migrant Youth and Their Sponsors

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  • Jennica Larrison
  • Mariglynn Edlins

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Between 2014 and 2019, more than 300,000 unaccompanied youth arrived at U.S.-Mexico border. Responsible for the implementation of immigration policy, street-level bureaucrats regularly interact with many of these youth as they navigate the immigration system. In each of these interactions along a complicated immigration process, street-level bureaucrats have a range of responsibilities with the youth. This paper considers the potential impact of street-level bureaucrats’ interactions with unaccompanied minors through the questions: 1) How do unaccompanied minors and their sponsors experience interactions with street-level bureaucrats related to the unaccompanied minors’ migration process; and 2) How do these experiences overlap with the responsibilities of public servants who implement US immigration policy?

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  • Jennica Larrison & Mariglynn Edlins, 2020. "Exploring the Responsibilities of Street-Level Bureaucrats through the Perspectives of Unaccompanied Migrant Youth and Their Sponsors," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(2), pages 126-136, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:43:y:2020:i:2:p:126-136
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2019.1672730
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