Norton Hosts Hispanic Heritage Month Roundtable on Unaccompanied Minors, This Morning

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will seek answers at an immigration roundtable, entitled "D.C. and the Surge of Unaccompanied Minors from Central America," this morning, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, located in Ward 1 at 1100 Harvard Street NW. The audience will be adults and Carlos Rosario students, many from Central America, not members of the public, but the press is invited. Norton said that Hispanic Heritage Month is an optimum time to report to the city on the status of unaccompanied children here from Central American countries, such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, how many of the more than 50,000 unaccompanied children who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border came to D.C., and how many of them are under the care of their extended families or foster families. The Washington, D.C. metropolitan area has one of the largest Central American populations in the country, including close to 60,000 Latinos in the District, mostly from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and most residing in Wards 1 and 4.

WHO:
- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Jallyn Sualog, Director of the Office of Refugee Settlement at the Department of Health and Human Services
- Roxana Olivas, Director of the D.C. Office of Latino Affairs
- Abel Núñez, Executive Director of the Central American Resource Center
- Susana Martinez, Promoter Pathway Director at the Latin American Youth Center
- Mirna Amaya, Dean of Community Relations and Student Services at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
- A student who will speak on the experience of coming from Central America to the District of Columbia

WHEN: TODAY, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, 1100 Harvard Street NW