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Presidential Proclamation: Completely Undermines U.S. Asylum System
Statement from KIND President Wendy Young: There is no crisis at the border. There is no need for a Presidential Proclamation to close the United States to all but a few vulnerable immigrants seeking
ICE Is Throwing A Record Number Of 18-Year-Olds Into Adult Detention On Their Birthdays
On Roberto’s 18th birthday in September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers put metal cuffs on his hands and legs and a chain around his waist. They then drove him two hours from Homestead, the
KIND Statement on Pittsburgh Tragedy
KIND is heartbroken by the murders in Pittsburgh, PA. We send our support to the Jewish community in Pittsburgh, as well as to our colleagues at HIAS. The demonizing of and violence against people on
I’m a Child of Immigrants. And I Have a Plan to Fix Immigration.
An immigration lawyer once told me bluntly: Immigration is a wedge issue. Wedge issues don’t get resolved. They get used by both sides to mobilize their base. Exhibit A: President Trump’s seizing on the caravan
Trump promises to stop the migrant caravan. But his administration struggles with how to do it.
President Trump’s attempts to pin political blame on Democrats for a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants headed toward the United States have obscured growing concern within the White House over how to manage
Immigrant Children Are Staying Longer in Government Custody
Migrant children who come into the U.S. without family are staying longer in crowded shelters as authorities struggle to handle their growing numbers and to screen potential sponsors, according to government data and advocates. The
To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families Are Forced to Risk Everything
One morning in early August, Jorge, a thirty-seven-year-old construction worker from Guatemala who lives with his wife and two children in Virginia, received a phone call from an unknown number with a Texas area code.
Children’s Rights Organizations Condemn New Threat to Separate Families
October 15, 2018—The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and the Women’s Refugee Commission condemn a new plan under consideration to separate families at the border. As reported in
ICE put a 4-year-old on a plane to Guatemala. Her dad found out 30 minutes before she landed
Six months after US officials separated them at the border, ICE put a 4-year-old girl on a plane to Guatemala this week so she could be reunited with her father. But there was one major
Trump administration transfers hundreds of migrant children to border tent camp
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of children who entered the U.S. illegally to a temporary tent shelter on the border in Texas that immigrant advocates have condemned as “substandard.” The camp, which is operated