What is Happening to Children from Mexico & Central America

July 1, 2020

U.S. law has special protections to keep children traveling alone safe, and to protect them from human trafficking and return to danger. Since March 20th,…

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Trump Administration Ordered to Release Immigrant Children from ICE Detention

June 27, 2020

In response to Federal Judge Dolly Gee’s ruling that the Trump Administration must release immigrant children being detained with their parents in U.S. immigration detention…

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Statement for the Record: Senate CBP Oversight Hearing

June 24, 2020

KIND submitted a statement for the record for the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing: “CBP Oversight: Examining the Evolving Challenges Facing…

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Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Trump Administration's DACA Policy

June 18, 2020

Today in response to the United States Supreme Court 5-4 ruling to reverse President Trump’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program,…

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Mapping the Cruelty

June 16, 2020

Since March 2020, often under the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration has dramatically escalated its attacks on the legal protections and family…

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DHS Policies Imperiling Children's Safety

June 16, 2020

The undersigned 122 organizations strongly oppose recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) measures that threaten the safety and family unity of vulnerable immigrant children. DHS…

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Trump Administration’s Proposed Rules Would Decimate Asylum in the United States

June 12, 2020

After three years of relentless attacks on the rights of unaccompanied children and asylum seekers, the Trump Administration is proposing further revisions to asylum regulations…

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KIND Statement on DHS Inspector General Report on Family Separation

June 2, 2020

Two years after the Trump Administration implemented its policy to separate immigrant children from their parents, today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General…

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Why the U.S. Must Halt Deportations and Expulsions During COVID-19

May 21, 2020

U.S. deportation and expulsion practices are recklessly exposing an entire region to increased risk of COVID-19. Since the onset of the pandemic, even as it…

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