KIND Urges Biden Administration to End Use of Emergency Intake Sites One Year After Establishment

March marks the one-year anniversary of the Biden Administration’s opening of emergency intake sites (EIS) in early 2021 to respond to the large numbers of…...

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KIND Urges Administration to Allow Haitians to Stay and Stop Deportations

KIND urges the administration to allow Haitians to stay and stop deportations. The boatload of more than 350 Haitians, including several children, that arrived off…...

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KIND Calls Texas Court Ruling Misguided

Friday’s district court ruling in State of Texas v. Biden that barred the Biden Administration from exempting unaccompanied children from Title 42 is "completely misguided,"…...

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U.S. and EU Protection of Ukrainians Exemplifies Strong Leadership and Compassion

KIND applauds the Biden Administration for granting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainians in the United States, and the European Union for activating its Temporary…...

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KIND Urges EU Protection, Lifelines for Ukrainian Refugees

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) urges European Union nations to swiftly take steps to protect Ukrainian refugee families and children, including those traveling alone....

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KIND Applauds Representative Lofgren’s Bill to Create Independent Immigration Court

KIND Applauds Representative Lofgren’s Bill to Create Independent Immigration Court. The bill would address the problematic organization of the current immigration court system under the…...

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Family Reunification Task Force at One Year

One year ago today, the Biden Administration created the Family Reunification Task Force to find and reunify parents still separated from their children under the…...

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Migrant Protection Protocols Should Come to an End

On the third anniversary of the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a policy that has forced more than 70,000 migrants–including tens of thousands of children–seeking…...

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U.S.-Honduras Meeting Provides Opportunity to Better Protect Vulnerable Children

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) urges the governments to embark on a partnership grounded in a shared commitment to children’s safety both in their…...

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