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KIND Applauds Senate Funding to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) as a Root Cause of Migration from Central America
KIND greatly appreciates the Senate Appropriations Committee’s inclusion of specific funding to prevent and address widespread sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in the FY2019 State, Foreign Operations, and Related
This Is No Time To Forget About The Families In Detention
It’s been just a few weeks since the nationwide uproar over the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, yet it feels like the issue is already slipping from people’s radar. That’s partly because the
Trump Fingerprint Policy Is Likely Reducing Immigrant Family Reunification
An invasive new Trump administration fingerprinting policy for families seeking to sponsor immigrant children is already having a chilling effect on reunifications, an immigrant shelter employee tells TYT. And immigrant rights advocates say the policy
Toddlers Appearing Unaccompanied in Immigration Court Is Nothing New
On Friday, a one-year-old appeared in court in Phoenix, Arizona, where, with the help of the lawyer who accompanied him, he was supposed to plead his case for asylum. But how can an asylum-seeker plead
Officials Race To Meet Deadline To Re-Unite Migrant Children With Parents
KIND’s President, Wendy Young, speaks to NPR’s Richard Gonzales, on the Trump administration’s race to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite migrant children with their parents. Click here to listen: https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626442028/officials-race-to-meet-deadline-to-re-unite-migrant-children-with-parents
Officials Race To Meet Deadline To Re-Unite Migrant Children With Parents
KIND’s President, Wendy Young, spoke with NPR’s Richard Gonzales on the Trump administration’s race to meet court-ordered deadline to reunite migrant children with their parents. Click here to listen: https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626442028/officials-race-to-meet-deadline-to-re-unite-migrant-children-with-parents
State of migrant family reunification efforts nationally and in LA
KIND’s Senior Direct Representation Attorney in Los Angeles, Joanna Fluckey, speaks to LA’s KCRW on the state of migrant family reunification efforts nationally and in Los Angeles. Click her to listen to her interview: https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/why-the-mentally-ill-end-up-in-jails-and-prisons#seg-state-of-migrant-family-reunification-efforts-nationally-and-in-la
U.S. Moving Some Detained Migrant Parents Closer to Their Children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is moving some migrant parents to detention sites closer to the young children they were separated from while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to meet a court-imposed
Due Process for Families at the Border
KIND’s, Emily Kephart, speaks with WYPR/NPR on due process for families at the border. Click here to listen: http://wypr.org/post/due-process-families-border — Thousands of children and adults have crossed the southern U.S. border. For some, violence in their
‘My son is not the same’: New testimony paints bleak picture of family separation
Last week, Democratic attorneys general in 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that its family separation policy violated the due process and equal protection clauses of