Policy Brief

Left in Limbo: Why Special Immigrant Juveniles Need Employment Authorization

January 13, 2022

Patricia,1 a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman, received her green card in 2021, almost six years after fleeing El Salvador due to parental abuse. During most of…

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Press Release

KIND Report Finds Both Progress and Missed Opportunities Toward Protection of Unaccompanied Children in Biden Administration’s First Year

January 11, 2022

Today, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) released a new report that analyzes the Biden Administration’s progress in its first year on priorities that are…

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Report

The First Year of the Biden Administration’s Policies on Unaccompanied Children

January 11, 2022

President Biden came into office in January 2021 with a sweeping agenda to reform the U.S. immigration system to ensure that it is “fair, safe,…

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Story

KIND Client Katty Shares What Matters Most to Her Through Photography

January 7, 2022

Through KIND’s Voices That Matter Most project, clients explored storytelling through photography, created a photographic series that told a personal story, and learned how telling…

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Report

National Education Convening: Summary and Lessons Learned

January 6, 2022

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) co-hosted “Welcoming Unaccompanied Minors into our Schools and Communities,” a national virtual…

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Story

KIND Client Franklin Shares His Story Through Photography

December 17, 2021

Through KIND’s Voices That Matter Most project, clients explored storytelling through photography, created a photographic series that told a personal story, and learned how telling…

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Press Release

KIND Statement on DOJ Decision to Abandon Settlement Negotiations with Separated Families

December 16, 2021

In response to today’s announcement that Justice Department has withdrawn from ongoing global settlement negotiations to address harms done to families separated under the “zero…

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Policy Brief

KIND and the End SIJS Backlog Coalition Endorse the Immigrant Victim and Witness Protection Act of 2021

December 16, 2021

The Immigrant Victim and Witness Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 6078), introduced by Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), is groundbreaking legislation that would eliminate an arbitrary…

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Press Release

KIND Urges Safe Passage, Protection for Migrants Following Chiapas Tragedy

December 10, 2021

Washington, DC – Dozens of people died and more than a hundred others were injured when a trailer packed with migrants, including children, crashed in…

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