Reports, Publications, and more
Reimagining Immigration Proceedings for Children
Report: Reimagining the Immigration System for Children (October 2020)
Ending Family Separation
Explainer: Biden’s Proposed Regulations On The Care Of Unaccompanied Children In Federal Custody (November 2023)
Our Letter to Congresswoman Escobar on President Biden’s visit to El Paso, Texas (Jan, 6 2023)
Memorandum on Necessary Resources and Supportive Services for Ms. L Class Members and Families Submitted to the DHS Family Reunification Task Force (June 8, 2022)
Public Comment to the Department of Homeland Security: Preventing Family Separation (January 2022)
Recommendations submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture: Condemning Parent-Child Separations under as a Form of Torture (September 2021)
Report: Family Separation Is Not Over: How the Trump Administration Continues to Separate Children from Their Parents to Serve Its Political Ends (June 2020)
Testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: The Impact of Continued Family Separation on Children (July 2019)
Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Family Separation after “Zero Tolerance” (April 2019)
Declaration: In Support of ACLU Lawsuit on Family Separation (2019)
Prioritizing Best Interests
Prioritizing the Best Interests of All Children (November 2024)
Explainer: Final Regulations on the Care of Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody (May 2024)
Report: ICE’S NEW YOUNG ADULT CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: Why It Falls Short of Case Management Best Practices and Puts Youth at Risk (June 2023)
Comment: Comments in Opposition to Proposed Rule: Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (March 27, 2023)
Letter: Comments on Potential Amendments to the Department's 504 Regulations related to Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth (October 2022)
Report: Preserving Family Ties: Ensuring Children’s Contact with Family while in Government Custody. (August 2022)
Joint Statement: Immigration Advocates File Complaints Protesting the Treatment of Children in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Custody (April 2022)
Article: US High-Level Office for Children is Critical for Children’s Rights (March 2022)
Explainer: The Process for Sponsoring A Child’s Release from Office of Refugee Resettlement Custody in English and Farsi (September 2021)
Explainer: Prioritizing Unaccompanied Children’s Safety at the Border (May 2021)
Explainer: Four Ways to Increase Protections for Children Arriving at Our Borders (April 2021)
Report: An Update on Conditions Facing Immigrant Children at the Border (March 2021)
Report: How ICE is Relying on Sham Proceedings to Send Unaccompanied Children Back to Abusers, Traffickers and Persecutors (May 2020)
Brief: Recommendations for Customs and Border Protection Standards While Detaining Children (March 2019)
Safeguarding Legal Protections
Comment on the Final Rule by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Securing the Border. (November 5, 2024)
H.R. 2 is Dangerous for Vulnerable Children (February 2024)
Not Loopholes! How the Flores Settlement and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) Save Lives (February 2024)
Five Things to Know About Unaccompanied Immigrant Children (February 2024)
Organizational Sign-On Letter on Sinema-Tillis Bill (May 2023)
Joint Report by the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and the National Immigrant Justice Center: Punishing Trauma: Incident Reporting and Immigrant Children in Government Custody. September 2022 You can also read our one pager here.
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights Shadow Report on the United States’ Compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination- Submitted July 14, 2022 for the 107th Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Joint Letter from Human Rights Leaders to President Biden: Terminate Title 42 and Restore Asylum (April 2022).
Statement for the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations: Examining Title 42 and the Need to Restore Asylum at the Border (April 2022)
Joint Statement: Advocates Applaud the End of Title 42; Demand Not One More Expulsion (April 2022)
Explainer: What Is Title 42 and How Does It Impact Children and Families (December 2021)
Supreme Court Amicus Brief: The Impact of the Remain in Mexico Policy on Children (September 2021)
Letter to the United Nations: Investigate U.S. Violations of Migrants’ and Children’s Rights under Title 42 (June 2021)
Supreme Court Amicus Brief: The Impact of the Remain in Mexico policy on Children (January 2021)
Op-ed: Immediate Priorities for Undoing the Harm of the Past Four Years to Immigrant Children (January 2021)
Report: Immigration Hearings by Video—A Threat to Children’s Right to Fair Proceedings (January 2020)
Op-ed: We Must Preserve Asylum to Protect Children (October 2020)
Op-ed: The White House Is Quietly Deporting Children (June 2020)
Joint Letter to Department of Homeland Security and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Indefinite Suspension of Protections for Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Children Under Order by the CDC (May 2020)
Public Comment: Proposed Rule that Would Deny Protection to Children Seeking Safety from Gang Recruitment or Gang Violence, Gender-Based Violence, and Violence Targeted at LGBTQ Youth (July 2020)
Public Comment: Children and Asylum-Seekers Being Turned away at the Border under the Pretext of COVID (April 2020)
Public Comment: Work Authorization for Asylum-Seekers (November 2019)
Report: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the FLORES Settlement (March 2019)