You made a difference last year

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Dear Friend,

I am so proud to share the Young Center's 2020 Annual Report with you! The report details our fight to protect immigrant children’s rights, safety, and well-being during one of the toughest years we’ve ever experienced, and it highlights the incredible impact that you made possible.

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Last year, as the Trump administration intensified its assaults on the rights of immigrant children and families, Young Center staff and volunteers served more than 1,200 new unaccompanied and separated children.
* We made sure children don't face the system by themselves, that their voices are heard, and that their rights are protected.
* We fought to reunite families and to win children’s release from government custody.
* We prevented children from going to adult jail on their 18th birthdays, helped children of all ages connect with the services they need to thrive, secured children’s release from hotel jails along the border, and persuaded immigration judges and asylum officers to consider children’s best interests as part of their immigration case.
* We advocated for the safe and timely repatriation of children who wished to return to their home countries during a global pandemic.
* We also fought tooth and nail on Capitol Hill to preserve the legal protections children have in our immigration system and to create entirely new processes where they are treated and recognized first as children.

None of this would have been possible without your support. Thank you so much for standing with immigrant children.

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As the new Executive Director at the Young Center, I am proud of our work in 2020 and what we’ve already accomplished in this new year, and I am even more grateful for our dedicated supporters. Through donations, fundraisers, and highlighting our work with your communities and on social media, you sustain our advocacy.
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Thank you,
Gladis Molina Alt
Executive Director

P.S. As we continue to work with the new administration to capitalize on the possibility of systemic change, I hope you will continue to support our work and raise your voices about the issues facing immigrant children. From ending Title 42, which continues to deny asylum-seekers protection at the border, to ensuring no child is taken from a family member at the border, we have much to do and your help is critical ([link removed]) .

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