Thwarted Potential

November 5, 2020

In the summer of 2014, a dramatic rise in the number of unaccompanied children who were fleeing violence and danger in their home countries, particularly…

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KIND Blueprint: Concrete Steps to Protect Unaccompanied Children on the Move

November 2, 2020

KIND’s Blueprint for the protection of unaccompanied children provides guidance on how the U.S. government should uphold its responsibility to treat these children humanely and…

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Explainer: The 545 missing separated parents of immigrant and refugee children

October 29, 2020

A Steering Committee charged by a federal court to find the parents forcibly separated by the Trump Administration has not been able to reach 545…

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U.S. House Judiciary Reports Lays Out the Cruelty, Chaos, and Incompetence of Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy

October 29, 2020

Washington, DC— A U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary report released today brings into stark relief the Trump Administration’s family separation policy and…

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KIND Comment on EOIR Proposed Rule on Asylum Procedures

October 27, 2020

KIND commented on proposed EOIR procedural regulations that, if adopted, would significantly impede the ability of child asylum-seekers to thoroughly present issues and evidence in…

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Civil Society Organizations Denounce DHS Border Externalization in Guatemala, Call for Immediate Investigation

October 22, 2020

The undersigned civil society organizations denounce the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) border externalization operations in Guatemala as documented by a new Senate Foreign Relations…

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KIND Comment on DHS Proposed Rule on Biometrics

October 13, 2020

KIND commented on a rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security that would dramatically expand the agency’s ability to collect biometrics “without regard to…

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KIND Endorses FAIR Proceedings Act

October 9, 2020

Unaccompanied children, many of whom have fled dangers that include extreme violence and sexual exploitation, are among the world’s most vulnerable groups.  Legal counsel is…

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Sending Children Back to Danger

October 8, 2020

Since March 2020, the U.S. government has turned away over 10,000 immigrant children at the border, denying them any opportunity to seek protection in the…

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