Conclusion

Abstract

Abstract Chapter 7 provides a summary and postscript to the discussion of state-mandated family separation and remedies to this problem as they relate to immigration detentions, citizenship, criminal justice, the fate of the children of foreign fighters, and the legacy of Indigenous child welfare removals. In the United States, the author covers the first year of President Biden’s administration and its approach to reuniting immigrant families, criminal justice reform, and the impact of the war on terror on the children of foreign fighters stranded abroad. In Canada, the same themes are covered with an emphasis on recent developments in Indigenous child welfare protections that could serve as a model for other jurisdictions. More broadly, the chapter addresses the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 crisis on issues related to immigration, citizenship, criminal justice, and Indigenous rights from a comparative North American perspective.