KIND Urges Safe Passage, Protection for Migrants Following Chiapas Tragedy

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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Restart of MPP Will Needlessly Endanger the Lives of Children and Families

The Biden Administration’s agreement with the Mexican government to resume the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which cruelly returned more than 60,000 asylum seekers across…...

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House Build Back Better Bill Contains Key Protections for Immigrants

Washington, DC – Following today’s House of Representatives passage of the Build Back Better Act, Kids in Need of Defense is praising inclusion of key…...

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White House North American Leaders’ Summit Agenda Should Include Protection for Unaccompanied Children on the Move

Washington, DC – As President Biden prepares to welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the White House…...

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KIND Partners with UNHCR to Reunite Separated Families, Register Them for U.S. Reunification

Hundreds of deported parents who remain separated from their children because of the last administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border will now have…...

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

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

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

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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KIND Urges New EOIR Director to Restore Due Process, Fairness at Agency

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) today praised the U.S. Attorney General’s decision to appoint David Neal to lead the Executive Office for Immigration Review…...

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