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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Bill to Strengthen Protections for Women and Children in Central America Advances in the House

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) welcomes the inclusion of the bi-partisan Central American Women and Children Protection Act (CAWCPA) in the 2022 National Defense…...

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KIND Urges the Biden Administration to Immediately Halt Deportation of Haitians Seeking Safety, Allow Access to U.S. Protection

As thousands of desperate Haitians fleeing instability and violence, including children, wait amid squalid conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, Kids in Need of…...

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Title 42 Court Ruling Will Save Lives if Biden Administration Fully Rescinds Policy

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is praising today’s District Court for the District of Columbia ruling enjoining the application of the Title 42 border…...

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Central American Minors Resettlement Program Expansion Will Protect More Children from Perilous Journey

Yesterday, the Biden Administration took another step forward in protecting the large numbers of children experiencing persecution and violence in the Northern Triangle countries of…...

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KIND Issues Guidance for Protecting Unaccompanied Afghan Children Arriving in the United States

Today, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) issued guidance for protecting unaccompanied children fleeing Afghanistan. While the international community’s mass evacuation of U.S. citizens and…...

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Children Face Increasing Risk as Situation in Afghanistan Deteriorates

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) today cautioned that as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates and terrorist attacks threaten those fleeing, including children and families,…...

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