“The Identifying Immigrant Families Involved with Child Welfare Systems series provides estimates of first- and secondgeneration immigrant children in out-of-home care and describes the experiences of these children in state child welfare systems. This brief compares four groups of children living in out-of-home care in Texas: Latin American immigrants, Latin American children of immigrants, Hispanic natives, and non-Hispanic natives. In Texas, only 8 percent of Latin American immigrant children in out-ofhome care are living with relatives compared with 20-28 percent of U.S.-born children. Latin American immigrants in out-of-home care in Texas are three times more likely to be removed because of sexual abuse than children of U.S.- born parents.” – Publisher’s abstract
