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
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.
Achieving Our Mission
With your support, KIND can continue to protect unaccompanied children and make lasting positive changes for their future.
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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KIND’s Keeping Kids Safe: A Seamless Safety Net for Children on the Move is a 10-year initiative designed to transform outdated laws, shift conversations about child immigration to center child protection, and reform the way the current U.S. immigration system—and subsequently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.
