Keep Children Safe at the Border
Children’s rights continue to be violated at the U.S. – Mexico border. Children are being held in custody longer than the legal limit, separated from their families, denied basic care and more.
Every child has a right to safety and protection.
What We’re Doing
Through a combination of government relations, communications and grassroots activism, we build relationships policymakers and mobilize the public to protect children’s rights at the border and address the root causes of migration in Central America.
We empower our grassroots network of hundreds of thousands of supporters to raise their voices and lobby their lawmakers to invest in kids. By joining together, we become a force that turns advocacy into policy wins.
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Ending the Dangerous “Remain in Mexico” Policy
Save the Children Action Network joined a coalition of organizations in calling on the administration to fully end the Migration Protection Protocols and allow people — especially children — seeking refugee protection to find safety in the United States.
Help Build a Humane Immigration System
No Child Should Live in Fear
Send a message: it’s time to reimagine a safer, more compassionate immigration system.
Protect Dreamers
Families Belong Together
Send a message to Congress: we must provide permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers – because families belong together.
Transform the way asylum-seeking kids are treated
Fight for Migrant Children’s Right to Protection
Send a message to Congress: pass the Children’s Safe Welcome Act (CSWA) to transform the way asylum-seeking kids are treated – today, and for generations to come.
Fulfill our promises to children and families.
Support Ending Title 42
Send a message to your members of Congress: we must support science and the Biden administration in ending Title 42, restoring asylum and fulfilling our promises to children and families.
Take Action
Seeking Safety Is Never A Crime
Send a message to Congress: it’s time to build an equitable immigration system that puts children’s needs first.
Voices for Children
Children arriving in the U.S. have high hopes for their futures.
We can help make that a reality.
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The documentary PAPER CHILDREN shares the intimate reality of four siblings who fled gang violence in Honduras and now face the daunting U.S. asylum process.
Below are a few clips from the film that highlight the unique challenges children are facing during the journey to asylum.
To expand the videos, start the video and then choose “full screen” on the bottom right of the video.
In this clip, China explains how difficult it was to be away from her mother, and her mother explains why she had to leave.
In this clip, Jan talks about the horrors he saw in Honduras, and the lasting impact it’s had on him.
In this clip, Jan talks about his journey to the U.S., including the most difficult part — his stay in the detention center.