Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights

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Our children deserve to be within the stability and care of their families. Protecting children is protecting their rights too!

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday and we're inviting you to support immigrant children by making a donation.

Your gift will go a long way!
Donate ➡️ theyoungcenter.org/donate

Screenshot of ProPublica article about ICE detaining immigrant kids that reads "In South Carolina, a Colombian family of five went to a government office for a fingerprinting appointment, only to have the parents detained while the children — ages 5, 11 and 15 — were sent into the shelter system for four months. In South Florida, a 17-year-old from Guatemala was taken into custody because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad after a traffic stop; his dad is deaf. In Maryland, a 17-year-old from Mexico ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn onto military property."

Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Support @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to ensure these kids have child advocates who can help them through this process.

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We are incredibly thankful for our dedicated Young Center community 🤍 Your commitment to our fight for immigrant children's rights doesn't go unnoticed! If you'd like to support the Young Center, plan to accompany us this Giving Tuesday by making a donation. Donate ➡️ theyoungcenter.org/donate

No child should have to face our nation’s complex immigration system alone.
So, see how our programs play a key role in ensuring children who arrive to the U.S. alone have a community in their corner to defend their rights, safety, and well-being.
Donate Today: theyoungcenter.org/donate

Thank you for your incredible support!

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Our children and youth should be able to stay within the safety of their families, not forcibly separated because of shifting policies. On this Giving Tuesday, plan to accompany us by giving a donation to support immigrant children.

Donate Today ➡️ theyoungcenter.org/donate

A young 2 year old toddler boy standing with read t-shirt staring intensely forward in between his older brother and sister. Headline reads "She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind." Sub-heading reads "Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations. Article via The New York Times". The "Young Center" logo at the bottom left corner.

No mother should ever be separated from her children, especially when she has done everything in her power to live rightfully in the U.S.

To be clear, this is not a system protecting families... it's one that's failing them.
Read full article via @nytimes.com ➡️ https://nyti.ms/3Xxbu11

All children deserve to feel seen, heard and respected...because their rights matter too!

Plan to accompany us this Giving Tuesday to support immigrant children by giving a donation 🤍

Donate Today ➡️ theyoungcenter.org/donate

It's people like Bernie Salazar that help us continue to move forward in our work to advocate for the best interests and rights of immigrant children 🤍

So would you accompany us and help us raise $100,000 by Giving Tuesday to support the Young Center?

Donate Today ➡️ theyoungcenter.org/donate

Hands-Off NYC: Community Day of Action for Immigrant Kids · The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights PROTECT OUR KIDS: Bronx Community Day of Action ICE is targeting our children and families. This year, Congress approved $170 billion for anti-immigrant enforcement, including jails for children. Alr...

We invite you to celebrate the power of immigrant youth as creators and changemakers by making art in solidarity with immigrant families to support Indivisible’s “Signs of Solidarity” campaign.

RSVP below.

Hands off NYC

Join us this Saturday, November 15th, as the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, @indivisible.org and @workerscircle.bsky.social circle will come together in a citywide day of community solidarity and action to protect immigrant children and youth from ICE enforcement.

Podcast: Torn Apart Under Trump Six Years Ago, a Guatemalan Father and Son Still Hope to Reunite Thousands of immigrant children were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during the first Trump administration. Hundreds still remain apart. In this episode, we travel to Guatemala…

Thousands of immigrant children were separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border during the first Trump administration. Hundreds still remain apart. With LatinoUSA, we travel to Guatemala to meet a father deported six years ago without his son.
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Every child deserves stability, care, and safety.

Children have rights that should be protected and valued. They deserve to live in a world where they are fully seen, heard, respected.

Hands-Off NYC: Community Day of Action for Immigrant Kids · The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights On Saturday, November 15th from 11 to 3 p.m. the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, Indivisible NW Bronx, and Workers Circle will come together at Joyce Kilmer Park (955 Walton Ave, Bronx, ...

Come gather in Joyce Kilmer Park to learn, create, and take action to protect our communities.

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Hands off NYC Community Day of Action for Immigrant Kids Saturday, November 15 Joyce Kilmer Park The Bronx, NY 11 am - 3 pm

On Saturday, November 15th from 11 to 3 p.m., the Young Center, @indivisible.org, and @workerscircle.bsky.social will come together at Joyce Kilmer Park in a citywide day of community solidarity and action to protect immigrant children and youth from ICE enforcement.

ICE out of daycare centers, schools and communities.

The places where our children grow, dream, and belong should always be protected. They deserve to feel safe in spaces that are made for them.

Child care worker detained by ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.

This is NOT okay and flies in the face of decades of shared belief that places that care for children should be safe havens: Child care worker detained by #ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil... via @19thnews.org

Child care worker detained by ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.

"It is absurd and horrific that [ICE] have now targeted our day care centers.”

Via @19thnews.org

#BringtheBrothersHome Sign on Letter Please join the End SIJS Backlog Coalition in calling for the return of Elias and Brayan*, two teenagers with approved Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), who were unlawfully detained and deport...

*At the request of the brothers, we are using pseudonyms in this campaign to protect their family. (3/3)

Tell your member of Congress to sign on to the PVIYA: bit.ly/support-pviya

If there were no backlog, the brothers would have had their green cards and would have been permanently protected from deportation. The Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (PVIYA) is a bill in Congress that would end the years-long green card backlog for SIJS youth.

They were deported to Guatemala despite a state court and USCIS determining it was not in the best interest of the brothers to return.

The deportation of SIJS youth must be stopped. Visit the links in our bio and help us #BringTheBrothersHome and protect all SIJS youth (2/3)

On Graduation day, ICE Deported Two Louisiana High School Students with SIJS

The Deportation of SIJS Youth Must be Stopped Take Action at bit.ly/bringthebrothershome

On graduation day, ICE deported two Louisiana high school students with SIJS.

Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them. (1/3)

Yup. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social warned about this. We've *been* warning about it since people started pushing for these wellness checks in Trump 1.0. We knew they'd be used to target family members. ICE/CBP should never be allowed to conduct "wellness checks." They only use them to abuse.

Donate Support Immigrant Children DONATE BY CHECK For check donations, please mail to: Young CenterP.O. Box 2417Chicago, IL 60690 The Young Center for Immigrant [...]

That’s why this #GivingTuesday, we need you to accompany us and help us raise $100,000.

Join us Dec. 2 for a day of giving in support of immigrant children.

You can also give today.

www.theyoungcenter.org/donate

All children deserve to feel safe and free to live with their families and communities.

Accompaniment is central to the Young Center’s mission. Our programs uphold this core tenet by offering unwavering support to immigrant children who find themselves in government custody or living in communities where they face separation from their families.

Opinion | What Halloween trick-or-treating taught an immigrant child about American values Free Halloween chocolate speaks to this country’s civic trust and social ideals.

"[Halloween] is an exercise in civic trust, a belief in one’s neighbors regardless of religion, creed or political party. It’s a cheesy, cheery, schmaltzy, “Brady Bunch” optimism. My family and countless others have crossed oceans for it."

#HappyHalloween ya'll. 🎃👻

Via @msnbc.com

We Are Hiring!

#WeAreHiring: The Young Center is Hiring! Interested in making a difference in the lives of immigrant children and their families?

Apply today at ➡️ www.theyoungcenter.org/about/careers

A Look Back at the Family Separation Policy: The Struggle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Trump Administration's Wrongdoings- American Immigration Council Our platform analyzes new records about the U.S. government’s chaotic implementation of family separations during the zero-tolerance period.

In 2018, the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy tore thousands of children from their parents. Years later, many remain separated.

Our report highlights new government records and the struggle to end a troubling immigration policy, shedding light on a dark chapter in U.S. history.

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.

Andrea Soria...overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: “We have to be good or ICE will get us,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Absolutely heartbreaking. Children should feel safe in their communities, able to play and be children. Not live in fear.

Via @apnews.com