January 13, 2022
Patricia,1 a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman, received her green card in 2021, almost six years after fleeing El Salvador due to parental abuse. During most of…
January 11, 2022
Today, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) released a new report that analyzes the Biden Administration’s progress in its first year on priorities that are…
January 11, 2022
President Biden came into office in January 2021 with a sweeping agenda to reform the U.S. immigration system to ensure that it is “fair, safe,…
January 6, 2022
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) co-hosted “Welcoming Unaccompanied Minors into our Schools and Communities,” a national virtual…
December 16, 2021
The Immigrant Victim and Witness Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 6078), introduced by Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), is groundbreaking legislation that would eliminate an arbitrary…
November 30, 2021
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) submits this comment in response to the above Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA),”…
November 19, 2021
Washington, DC – Following today’s House of Representatives passage of the Build Back Better Act, Kids in Need of Defense is praising inclusion of key…
November 18, 2021
Washington, DC – As President Biden prepares to welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the White House…
November 12, 2021
KIND is uniquely positioned to understand the dangers that migrant children face—dangers in their countries of origin, including severe violence, abuse, and human trafficking; dangers…
