“Lacking Resources:” The Struggle for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Coming Into the United States

In this episode, Mackenzie Kneessi, an undergraduate social work student, and Dr. Jordan Wilfong, an Associate Professor of Social Work at BGSU, join us to talk about Mackenzie’s research on the struggles faced by unaccompanied children forced to immigrate to the United States. Listen as we have a conversation about the pains and tragedies that are forced upon migrant children, their experiences in the American legal system, and what can be done to help them fight for their lives here. Mackenzie Kneessi and Dr. Wilfong seek to use their research to advocate for these children and create awareness for how little recourse and resources they have in their fight.

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