KIND Submission: Children’s Access to Justice and Effective Remedies

KIND Submission: Children’s Access to Justice and Effective Remedies

August 23, 2024

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) welcomes the opportunity to support the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its efforts to develop a…

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KIND Submission: Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Mexico

August 16, 2024

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) appreciates the opportunity to share its experience and recommendations related to the rights of and alternative care for unaccompanied…

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Newcomer Immigrant Children’s Access to K-12 Education

July 31, 2024

Newcomer Immigrant Children’s Access to K-12 Education Advances American Prosperity Guaranteed schooling for students who recently arrived in the United States bolsters the local, state,…

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Public Comment on a Public Rule for Work Authorization and Work Permits (EADs)

June 6, 2024

KIND submitted a public comment on a rule that temporarily increases the automatic extension period for work authorization and work permits (EADs) for certain renewal…

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New Presidential Proclamation Imperils Children and Family Unity 

June 4, 2024

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) acknowledges the Biden Administration’s decision to exempt unaccompanied children from temporary asylum restrictions. However, raises concerns about the order's…

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Border Act Promotes Bipartisanship

May 23, 2024

In anticipation of the Senate’s vote today on the bipartisan Border Act (S. 4361), Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)’s Vice President of U.S. Federal…

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Maritime Interdictions of Unaccompanied Children

April 29, 2024

Amidst escalating turmoil since President Jovenel Moïse's 2021 assassination, Haiti faces dire humanitarian crises, accentuated by UNHCR's moratorium plea. Recent gang assaults in Port-au-Prince spotlight…

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KIND Statement on Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Final Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule to Codify Flores Settlement Agreement

April 25, 2024

KIND releases a statement on the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) final Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule, codifying the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA).

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Social Security Delays Impact on Unaccompanied Children

April 2, 2024

Social Security Delays Impede Unaccompanied Children’s Integration, Safety, and Stability Kids in Need of Defense issued a resource on the recent social security delays unaccompanied…

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