Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections

December 1, 2020

The Trump Administration has taken deliberate steps to roll back protections for unaccompanied minors and refugee children, and is working towards numerous other actions that…

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Ruling on Border Expulsions is a Victory for Child Refugees and U.S. Commitment to Protecting the Most Vulnerable

November 18, 2020

Today in response to a D.C. District Court ruling that excludes children from the Trump Administration’s Title 42 expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border, Kids in…

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The Biden-Harris Administration Must Resume Reception of Unaccompanied Children

November 13, 2020

As detailed below, in response to the Trump administration’s politically motivated CDC order invoking Title 42 and the illegal expulsions of unaccompanied children and asylum…

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Thwarted Potential

November 5, 2020

In the summer of 2014, a dramatic rise in the number of unaccompanied children who were fleeing violence and danger in their home countries, particularly…

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KIND Blueprint: Concrete Steps to Protect Unaccompanied Children on the Move

November 2, 2020

KIND’s Blueprint for the protection of unaccompanied children provides guidance on how the U.S. government should uphold its responsibility to treat these children humanely and…

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KIND Comment on EOIR Proposed Rule on Asylum Procedures

October 27, 2020

KIND commented on proposed EOIR procedural regulations that, if adopted, would significantly impede the ability of child asylum-seekers to thoroughly present issues and evidence in…

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Civil Society Organizations Denounce DHS Border Externalization in Guatemala, Call for Immediate Investigation

October 22, 2020

The undersigned civil society organizations denounce the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) border externalization operations in Guatemala as documented by a new Senate Foreign Relations…

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KIND Comment on DHS Proposed Rule on Biometrics

October 13, 2020

KIND commented on a rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security that would dramatically expand the agency’s ability to collect biometrics “without regard to…

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KIND Endorses FAIR Proceedings Act

October 9, 2020

Unaccompanied children, many of whom have fled dangers that include extreme violence and sexual exploitation, are among the world’s most vulnerable groups.  Legal counsel is…

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