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Rising to the Challenge: Protecting and Addressing the Trauma of Unaccompanied Afghan Children

August 25, 2022

In August 2021, as the Taliban took over the government of Afghanistan, the United States raced against the clock to relocate our Afghan allies to…

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Afghan Adjustment Act Would Provide Safety to Afghan Allies and Separated Children

August 24, 2022

Washington, DC –Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) urges swift passage of a bipartisan bill that would provide lawful permanent resident status and a path…

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Return and Reintegration of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

August 10, 2022

KIND created the Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Program to ensure that returning children have the support and resources they need for safe return and…

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Family Separation Four Years In: Much More to Be Done

July 21, 2022

It’s been four years since that horrific summer when the previous Administration wrenched thousands of children from their parents’ arms and forcibly separated them under…

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Biden Should End MPP, Restore Protections for Migrant Children and Families Following Supreme Court’s MPP Ruling

June 30, 2022

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) welcomes today’s Supreme Court ruling to allow the Biden Administration to end the life-endangering Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also…

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KIND Says Texas Tragedy a Clarion Call for Biden Administration to Restore Protections for Migrants

June 28, 2022

Following news that at least 46 people were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas and more than a dozen others in the truck,…

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Comunicado de Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Sobre Decisión de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos Sobre Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

June 24, 2022

La decisión hoy por parte de la Corte Suprema de Justicia que elimina un derecho protegido y legal a servicios de salud reproductivos– incluyendo servicios…

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Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

June 24, 2022

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that eliminates a long-protected legal right to comprehensive reproductive health services—including abortion services—impacts all of us at KIND, our staff,…

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Centering Migrant Children in the Collaborative Migration Management Strategy

May 12, 2022

In July 2021, the Biden Administration launched the Collaborative Migration Management Strategy (CMMS) to promote safe, orderly, and humane migration in North and Central America.…

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