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

• 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

• 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)