Migrant child crouches down to play with an action figure along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Now is the Time to Hire Child Welfare Professionals at the Border

Last week while visiting Ciudad Juarez I watched a young girl and her family approach the U.S.-Mexico border. They were poised to present themselves to…...

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Citizenship Day 2022: Another Beginning

A few months ago, I opened an email from KIND attorney Lauren Sullivan in which she proudly told us that one of her clients had…...

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Honoring Citizenship Day

We talked with KIND's senior attorney, Lauren Sullivan on honoring Citizenship Day and witnessing her client become a U.S. citizen....

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Javier Zamora’s Solito: Filled with Love, Hope, and Honesty

As an attorney who has worked for over 15 years on behalf of unaccompanied children who arrive in the United States on their own, I…...

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Joyfully Joining Client’s Journey

Kimberly Krone, KIND's Senior Attorney in the Newark office talks about relationship between her client....

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Finally Free to be Me as a Young, Gay Immigrant

Ricky* shares his story of freedom and living in his truth as a young, gay immigrant. A part of me still can’t believe I can…...

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Centering Migrant Children in the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) welcomes the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, which was signed last Friday by 20 governments across the…...

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Spotlight: Working to Reunify Families from Mexico and Central America

I’ve been working to reunify families who were separated by the U.S. government since summer 2018. For almost three years, I spent hours talking to…...

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New KIND Project Bolsters Legal Assistance for Unaccompanied Children in Italy

In collaboration with the Italian Refugee Council (Consiglio Italiano per I Rifugiati Onlus (CIR)) and with the support of the Ho Foundation, KIND launched the…...

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