Ensuring the Protection of Children Alone

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) envisions a world in which unaccompanied and separated children’s rights and well-being are protected as they seek safety.

We Protect Children, Every Step of the Way

Our Mission

KIND will achieve our mission by:

Ensuring that no child appears in immigration court without high quality legal representation;

Advancing laws, policies, and practices that ensure children’s protection and uphold their right to due process and fundamental fairness; and

Promoting in countries of origin, transit, and destination durable solutions to child migration that are grounded in the best interests of the child and ensure that no child is forced to involuntarily migrate.

70,000+
Children educated on their legal rights in the United States and Mexico.
14,000+
Children received legal representation in the United States in collaboration with our 800+ global partners.
11,000+
Children and families in the United States and Mexico provided psychosocial support.
3,000+
Children assisted with legal services support in Europe in collaboration with our global partners.
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You can help us protect and defend children fleeing for their lives.

With your support, KIND can continue to protect unaccompanied children and make lasting positive changes for their future.

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Keeping Kids Safe

New Campaign Initiative

KIND’s Keeping Kids Safe: A Seamless Safety Net for Children on the Move is a 10-year initiative designed to transform outdated laws, shift conversations about child immigration to center child protection, and reform the way the current U.S. immigration system—and subsequently protection systems across the globe—treats children.

Child protection is a universal value that unites all.