Policy Brief

Widespread infringement of the civil rights and civil liberties of Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children held in the custody of CBP

April 7, 2022

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) files this complaint on behalf of Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children (UNCs) who experienced civil rights abuses while being detained by…

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Congressional Statements

Examining Title 42 and the Need to Restore Asylum at the Border

April 5, 2022

Since March 2020, the U.S. government has used the “Title 42” public health authority to carry out more than 1.7 million expulsions of individuals arriving…

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Press Release

KIND Welcomes Biden Administration’s Decision to End Title 42

March 30, 2022

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) today called the Biden Administration’s reported plans to end Title 42 in May a welcome and long-overdue policy shift…

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Press Release

KIND Praises President Biden’s Call for Legal Representation of all Unaccompanied Children

March 28, 2022

KIND lauds the Biden Administration for its historic commitment to ensuring legal representation of all unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings.

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Policy Brief

The Path Forward: Ensuring Humane and Orderly Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border

March 28, 2022

The Biden Administration should swiftly end use of Title 42 and port of entry closures that restrict access to asylum and result in summary returns…

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Press Release

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, US Senator Bob Menendez, Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán, Immigration and Children Advocates Call on President Biden to Revoke Title 42

March 10, 2022

Today, KIND participated in a press call hosted by the Immigration Hub with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Bob Menendez, U.S. Representative Nanette Diaz…

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Press Release

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

March 9, 2022

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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Press Release

KIND Urges Administration to Allow Haitians to Stay and Stop Deportations

March 8, 2022

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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Press Release

KIND Calls Texas Court Ruling Misguided

March 5, 2022

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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