Press Release

Senator Hirono’s Fair Day in Court for Kids Act Provides the Legal Protection All Children Deserve

November 4, 2021

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is praising the introduction of the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021, legislation by Senator Mazie…

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Policy Brief

KIND Endorses Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021 and Urges Senators to Cosponsor

November 4, 2021

By ensuring legal representation of unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings, the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021 (S. 3108), introduced by Senator…

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Policy Brief

National Polling Finds Overwhelming Public Support for Ensuring Legal Representation of Unaccompanied Children

November 3, 2021

A national survey conducted in October 2021 by Hart Research Associates revealed resounding public support for measures that would ensure legal representation of unaccompanied children…

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Press Release

First-ever National Strategy on Gender Includes Immigrant Communities and Recognizes Gender Violence as a Driver of Migration

October 22, 2021

Washington, DC—The release of the first-ever National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality by the White House is an important step toward advancing gender equality…

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Press Release

California Sets New National Standard in the Care and Protection of All Children in State-licensed Facilities, Regardless of Status

October 18, 2021

Today, children’s rights and immigration advocates applauded Governor Newsom’s signing of Assemblymember Robert Rivas’ Assembly Bill 1140, the Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Protections Act, which positions…

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Press Release

Lifetime Partners with KIND on new PSA Featuring the Cast from Torn From Her Arms Premiering October 30

October 14, 2021

Lifetime is proud to partner with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), the country’s preeminent nongovernmental organization devoted to the protection of unaccompanied and separated…

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Story

Isaias Shares his Story through Stop-Motion Video

October 7, 2021

Through KIND's Voices and Imagination Stage project in August 2020, Isaias learned how to create and produce his own stop-motion animation. Isaias decided to share…

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Press Release

Safety of Migrants Must be Priority of U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue

October 6, 2021

As the United States and Mexico prepare for the first high-level security dialogue between the two nations, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) urges both…

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Comment on U.S. Regulations

KIND comment on ORR Request for Information on Federal Licensing

October 6, 2021

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) submits this comment in response to the above Request for Information (RFI).  The questions in the RFI pose significant…

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