The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is thrilled to announce the launch of our newest program aimed at improving the outcomes for immigrant children caught in state child welfare and juvenile detention systems: the Technical Assistance Program.
Read MoreYesterday, the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new private sponsorship program that would cap the number of Venezuelan migrants eligible to seek asylum while mass expelling all others to Mexico. This is a de facto expansion of the Trump Administration’s infamous Title 42 policy
Read MoreImmigrant children and their families require hollistic, trauma informed care. The Biden administration needs to deliver on its promises of rebuilding a more humane and just immigration system.
Read MoreThe achievements we have celebrated this summer are a reminder that creating change takes time but when we come together to invest in our values and our communities, that change will materialize.
Read MoreFor now, DACA remains in place for existing recipients, yet the program still faces upcoming legal challenges that could leave thousands at risk of deportation.
Read MoreWe sat down with Young Center Board Member Ahmet Hepdoğan do discuss why he supports our work with unaccompanied and separated immigrant children.
Read MoreThe Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) released a critical new report demonstrating how the federal government’s reliance on “Significant Incident Reports” (SIRs) negatively impacts the well-being of unaccompanied and separated children in federal custody.
Read MoreRather than ending the program, the Biden Administration is allegedly asking Mexico to accept even more people turned away at our border.
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Read MoreThis past August, our inaugural cohort of the Elizabeth Frankel Fellowship Program completed their 10-week summer fellowship with the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. Learn more about their work here.
Read MoreArizona’s Governor Doug Ducey has joined Governor Abbott’s busing scheme, busing nearly 1,600 people to D.C. This is a critical moment for federal officials to coordinate with Chicago, New York, D.C., and any other cities where migrants are being relocated.
Read MoreLast year, members of the DePaul Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Program in the Young Center’s annual Waymakers Race. One of their students shares their story in the following piece.
Read MoreThe regulation is intended to better protect DACA from legal challenges, however, no substantial changes to modernize or expand eligibility criteria were made to protect thousands of immigrant youth who remain shut out of the program.
Read MoreOn Monday, the Biden administration announced it will end the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy which, for years, denied thousands of people —including over 21,000 children— when the policy was first implemented-- their legal right to seek asylum in the United States.
Read MoreAt the Young Center’s most recent board meeting in June, Teresa Sullivan stepped down as Board Chair and former co-Vice Chair, Frances de Pontes Peebles was elected as the new Board Chair.
Read MoreThe document was researched and co-authored with the help of our Elizabeth Frankel Fellows Oneida Vargas Molina, Rubí Rodriguez and Mary Ruiz De La O. We hope that our concerns and recommendations will be discussed with the United States representatives to develop concrete measures for accountability and reimagining an immigration system free of racial discrimination.
Read MoreThe Children’s Safe Welcome Act –which is supported by 40 organizations across the country– aims to keep families together, prioritizes small shelters and family-based placements for children arriving to the U.S. alone, strengthens protections for children with disabilities, and advocates for children to be reunified with family as quickly as possible to minimize their time spent in government custody.
Read MoreForty child welfare, legal, faith-based, medical, public health, humanitarian, and community organizations express their support for the Children’s Safe Welcome Act.
Today’s Supreme Court decision is a victory for organizations and advocates. President Biden must End Remain in Mexico.
Read MoreWith your support, in 2021, we served 1,612 children facing deportation across the country.
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