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Immigrant Children and Families in the Foster Care System
By Lisette Austin (From the Summer 2006 issue
of Connection magazine)
The number of immigrant children and youth has grown
dramatically across the US. According to the Urban Institute, the US
foreign-born population was 35.7 million in 2004, or nearly 12% of
the total population, with the largest numbers coming from Latin
America and Southeast Asia. As the number of immigrants in the US
continues to increase, so does the number of immigrant children
entering foster care.
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