Megathrust Earthquake. A megathrust earthquake occurs in subduction zones where two crustal plates are colliding. They have occurred in the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the past and scientists predict another will occur. The 2012 Chile Earthquake and the 2011 Japanese earthquakes were earthquake megathrust events.
The statute defines an âunaccompanied alien childâ as a child under the age of 18 with no lawful status in the United States, and âwith respect to whom (i) there is no parent or legal guardian in the United States; or (ii) no parent or legal guardian in the United
Despite the attention it has received, by its own terms, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 â a law aimed, in part, at unaccompanied alien children who are victims of trafficking â may have little applicability to the current situation on the border: