This week, on July 5th, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) issued an important Director's Memorandum , intended to provide clarity and written acknowledgment to immigration judges across the country about the imperative role of Child Advocates. 

Click here to access the report

Today, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announced a vital policy change that will require daily contact between unaccompanied immigrant children in custody and their families.

The only way to stop these preventable deaths is to stop jailing families. To stop jailing children.

The bill would harm children and families by creating a new detention and expulsion regime similar to the harmful Title 42 policy.

All children deserve to live full, safe, and healthy lives. Our hearts are with everyone, especially the child’s family, grieving this unimaginable loss.

The finalized asylum ban rule, which is set to go into effect when Title 42 ends tomorrow, would prevent many children, families, and adults from being able to seek asylum in the U.S. based on their manner of entry or transit through other countries.

The RGV Welcoming Committee is a group of individuals and nonprofits based in South Texas’s Rio Grande Valley and the adjoining Mexican state of Tamaulipas. These organizations and volunteers have welcomed migrants into the United States for at least the last two and a half years, and assisted those waiting in Mexico. Our mission is to serve every migrant with dignity, care, and respect.

 The #WelcomeWithDignity campaign for asylum rights is deeply concerned by reports that the Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico

Announced today, the Biden administration’s new plans to manage migration at the southern border includes a set of welcome benefits, as well as concerning drawbacks.

We’re honored to have been able to attend the Mutual of America Financial Group’s award dinner in New York City to celebrate the exemplary work of our organization’s Child Advocate Program!

Check out the most recent Young Center Updates by our Executive Director Gladis Molina Alt.

 Our recommendations for what the administration should be doing instead are available here.

Experts on children’s health and well-being explained how the Biden administration’s ​asylum policies are harming children on a webinar today.

We submitted a public comment to the Department of Homeland Security demanding they rescind the proposed asylum ban.

The Biden Administration Must Immediately Rescind its Proposed Asylum Ban and Ensure Families Can Seek Safety Together 

We must come together as a country and demand immediate reform of legal systems that fail to protect children’s rights.

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights believes that any return to immigrant family jails will hurt children and their families and undermine the rule of law.