Put plainly: the reconciliation package is an attack on kids.  

Today we stand in support of the ACLU’s court filing to enforce the settlement agreement and urge the Court to ensure the government fulfills its obligation under the Ms. L settlement agreement to provide legal services to all unrepresented class members.

Rather than fostering children’s safety and wellbeing, these law enforcement checks are deeply harmful to children who now live in heightened fear of a visit that could lead to detention and deportation or family separation.

The filing comes a week after a federal judge in California issued a temporary order for the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to 26,000 children. 

“Ending essential legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children makes a mockery of the term 'justice’” 

Deporting a 10-year-old U.S. citizen child recovering from a brain tumor and her undocumented parents is not making our country or any child ’safer.

Congress must intervene and enact safeguards for unaccompanied immigrant children, ensuring they fully receive the protection and rights under due process.

“Children themselves are not exempt from the law’s mandatory detention provisions.” 

The Young Center is Ready to Take Action in Response to Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant Children and Families.

With Donald Trump officially declared the winner, the lives of immigrant families, children, and youth are now in the balance.