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Immigrant Youth and Legal Services Providers File Class Action Challenging Government’s Unlawful Termination of Deferred Action for Immigrant Children and Youth

More than 150,000 vulnerable young people stuck in a visa backlog now face potential deportation and will be denied the ability to apply for work…...

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Rescissions Act Could Imperil Children Seeking Safety Around the World

Washington, DC— KIND denounces Congress’s passage of the Rescissions Act of 2025 (H.R. 4), which broadly claws back funding from vital humanitarian accounts. While the…...

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TPS Eliminations May Tear Families Apart, Render Some Children Unaccompanied and at Risk of Exploitation

Washington, DC – As the administration expands its effort to eliminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for tens of thousands of individuals previously granted protection in…...

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Final Passage of Reconciliation Bill Marks Painful Chapter in the Work to Protect Unaccompanied Children from Trafficking, Family Separation, and Other Dangers

Washington, DC – Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) warns that today’s narrow final passage of a reconciliation bill that guts fundamental protections for unaccompanied…...

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KIND Decries Gutting of Vital Protections for Unaccompanied Children

Senate Bill Puts Children at Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation, Establishes Pay-to- Play Protection System   Washington, DC— Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) decries…...

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Family Separation 2.0: KIND Urges Immediate Administration Action to Halt Its Return to this National Nightmare

Following alarming reports of renewed family separations inside the U.S.—including at detention facilities, immigration courts, and during ICE-led “wellness checks”—Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)…...

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Deferred Action Termination Places Thousands of Abused, Abandoned, and Neglected Immigrant Children in Harm’s Way

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) strongly opposes the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) decision to end deferred action for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status…...

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KIND Applauds Bicameral Actions to Protect Young Immigrant Survivors of Abuse, Abandonment, and Neglect

KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) applauds the reintroduction of the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act, a critical bipartisan bill led by Senator Catherine Cortez…...

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ICE Arrests at Courthouses Nationwide: A Fundamental Attack on the Protection of Vulnerable Children

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) has grave concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s arrests of those appearing for their immigration hearings at courthouses…...

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