Advocate for refugees and immigrants

The U.S. government estimates that 2,737 children were separated from their families during the implementation of the zero tolerance policy.

Family and community-based care ensure that children who have fled for their lives are cared for, kept safe, and quickly reunified with their families.

Community-based alternatives to detention are proven to be safer, less expensive, and more effective.

Discover answers to commonly asked questions, including: who is an unaccompanied refugee minor, how many kids have been helped by the program, and what can the U.S. do to help.

Before coming to the U.S., refugees go through a multi-year application and screening process. Learn more in this one-pager from the Refugee Council USA.

Thousands of unaccompanied children have already been sent back to their home countries – countries with some of the highest child murder rates in the world – to the dangerous conditions they risked their lives to flee.

The coronavirus is a real threat to the safety and health of our law-enforcement officials operating at the border as it is to all of humanity. But the TVPRA exists for a reason; without it, vulnerable children would lack any protection against human trafficking, which has not halted with the rest of the world and is in fact expected to worsen throughout the pandemic

Many Americans agree that families belong together, at home, within welcoming communities, and near those who will love and support them throughout the asylum application process.