December 2023

Last month, the federal government announced a proposed settlement agreement for immigrant families who were forcibly separated under the Trump administration. While the proposed settlement was initially hailed as a win for families, our Technical Assistance Program Co-Director Kelly Albinak Kribs shows how the federal government failed to meaningfully redress the harms separated families have endured in a new op-ed in the New York Times. 

On December 8th, a federal court will hold a hearing and consider whether it should grant final approval of the proposed settlement. Now is the time to remind our government and the American public that we still have not done enough to repair the damage of family separation. We call on Congress to deliver permanent protections for separated families and on the Biden Administration to stop fighting families who are seeking monetary damages. Read and share our article here. 

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is proud to announce and welcome Chirlie Felix as the newest member of our Board of Directors.

Chirlie is a fierce advocate for intersectional human rights and the rights of children. She has spent years volunteering as a Child Advocate with the Young Center and working alongside Young Center staff to advocate for the rights, safety, and best interests of unaccompanied and separated children.  

Our Young Center Los Angeles office is recruiting volunteers for our Volunteer Child Advocate training happening on Saturday, February 24th and Sunday, February 25th, 2024.

If you live in California, Washington State, or Oregon and want to fight for immigrant children's rights, check out one of our upcoming info sessions. Stay tuned to our social media accounts for upcoming opportunities in other areas across the country as well!

In October 2023, the Biden administration released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to adopt regulations which will codify protections for children held in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement under the Department of Health and Human Services. The regulations will ultimately replace parts of the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for more than 25 years has set minimum standards for the placement, treatment and release of immigrant children in federal custody. In response to this notice, the Young Center worked with a coalition of advocates to produce detailed comments on the proposed regulations to ensure that they not only guarantee the protections of Flores, but also raise the standards of care for children to reflect the best practices in the fields of child health, welfare and development.

 The Young Center is hiring for multiple positions across its nine office locations. Interested in joining the fight for immigrant children's rights?
Join the team! 

Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights
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Chicago, IL 60616
United States
www.theyoungcenter.org

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