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Statement for the Record: KIND Urges Congress to Protect Unaccompanied Children from Mass Returns and Exploitation

September 17, 2025

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) submitted a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee highlighting grave concerns about the Trump administration’s attempts to summarily return…

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Living Up to America’s Promise: The Need to Bolster the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

March 22, 2023

KIND's statement addresses the pivotal role that the Central American Minors Program can play in reducing the unauthorized migration of children by allowing parents to…

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Comments on USCIS Proposed Fee Schedule

March 13, 2023

In response to USCIS’s biennial fee review and proposed fee schedule, KIND submitted comments discussing the impact of proposed changes on the children KIND serves,…

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Statement for the Record: On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis

February 6, 2023

Kids in Need of Defense released a statement for the record ahead of the House Judiciary Committee hearing, On The Front Lines of the Border…

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Statement for the Record: The Biden Border Crisis: Part I

January 31, 2023

Kids in Need of Defense released a statement for the record ahead of the House Judiciary Committee hearing, the Biden Border Crisis.

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Letter to President Biden on Expelling Haitian Asylum Seekers

September 27, 2021

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) writes to express our grave concerns over the ongoing treatment of migrant children and families at the U.S.-Mexico border.…

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Strategies for Obtaining SIJS Factual Findings in Virginia

August 11, 2021

This practice update1 explains the recent amendment to Va. Code § 16.1-241 which extended the Virginia juvenile courts’ jurisdiction for young people seeking factual findings…

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