Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America’s Children
TABLE 2
Numbers of Arrestees and Children of Arrestees for the Three Study Sites
Greeley 273 90 33% 2.2
Grand Island 278 N/A N/A N/A
New Bedford 361 78 22% 1.4
Number of children Ratio of children to arrestees
201 74%
192 69%
113 31%
Percentage of children: U.S.-born citizens Ages 0 to 5 Ages 6 to 10 Ages 11 to 17
66% N/A N/A N/A
N/A 44% 35% 21%
N/A 71% 17% 12%
Geographic region of the U.S.
West
Midwest
Northeast
Mexico Guatemala
Guatemala Mexico
Guatemala Honduras El Salvador
Total workers arrested* Number with children Share with children (ages 0-17) Average number of children
Predominant countries of origin of arrestees
*
Includes all those officially reported as arrested by ICE, some of whom were arrested at locations other than the primary facility that was raided.
Sources: Greeley and Grand Island data are based on information obtained from service providers and therefore may undercount the number of children affected as not all arrestees or families sought services. New Bedford data are based on a comprehensive list of arrestees and their family members compiled by state and local advocates and service providers.
the higher share of Guatemalan arrestees in Grand Island and New Bedford – and the fact that a higher share of children with Guatemalan than Mexican parents are citizens (Appendix 4) – one would expect the citizen share of children to be higher in these two sites, but no data were obtained. Ages of children. Data on children’s ages were obtained for Grand Island and New Bedford, and in both sites large majorities were age ten and younger. In Grand Island, 44% of children were under six years old, and another 35% were age six to ten. Just 21% were ages 11 to 17. Children were much younger in New Bedford: 71% were under six, and 17% were age six to ten. Only 12% were age 11 to 17, not counting the four arrestees
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