The Flores settlement followed nearly a decade of litigation challenging the poor and dangerous conditions in which children were held at length. The agreement sets…...
The Trump Administration has sought to change specific provisions of the settlement to allow the government to detain children longer, particularly in response to the…...
Tornillo is being run as an emergency facility. The government ran emergency facilities in 2014 during a surprise influx of children seeking protection arriving at…...
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) visited the formal and informal refugee camps and shelters in Tijuana, Mexico during the week of December 12, 2018…...
On January 8, 2019, KIND submitted the public comments urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the…...
Family separation continues to this day. In some situations, families arriving at and between ports of entry to the United States are being separated by…...
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U.S. immigration laws often fail to address the unique vulnerabilities of children, treating them like adults in a system that does not account for their…...