KIND was founded by the Microsoft Corporation and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie, and is the leading national organization that works to ensure that no refugee or immigrant child faces immigration court alone. We do this in partnership with over 600 law firms, corporate legal departments, law schools, and bar associations. KIND has served more than 18,300 children since 2009, and trained over 42,000 private sector attorneys, paralegals, and law students to provide them with high quality representation in their deportation proceedings. KIND promotes protection of children in countries of origin and transit countries and works to address the root causes of child migration from Central America. KIND also advocates to change law, policy, and practices to improve the protection of unaccompanied children in the United States, by educating policymakers, the media, and the broader public about the violence that is driving children out of Central America and their need for protection.
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In October 2024, USCIS announced that attorneys could now represent Central American Minors (CAM) program applicants during refugee interviews—a significant shift in U.S. resettlement processes. KIND’s Senior Attorney, Cielo Fortin-Camacho, became one of the first lawyers to advocate for CAM applicants, assisting three Honduran siblings aged 10, 12, and 21 in their refugee interview. With […]
Read MoreThe KIND Client Traveling Art Exhibit, Seeking Safety, Creating Change, is a collection of drawings, paintings, and prints by KIND’s unaccompanied child clients that offers insight into their personal migration journeys toward freedom from fear. The collection contains more than 25 pieces from young artists who came alone to the United States from around the […]
Read MoreMegan McKenna, Senior Director of Communications and Community Engagement mmckenna@supportkind.org
Alexandra Pender, Senior Communications Manager, apender@supportkind.org
Alejandra Paz, Communications Project Coordinator, apaz@supportkind.org
