DACA has been a government band-aid for delivering lasting protection for immigrants for a decade. Children's Defense Fund stands firmly with DACA recipients and all Dreamers and calls on Congress to enact a permanent legislative solution to provide a pathway to citizenship that these young people and their families need and deserve.
Read MoreComprehensive report from the Children's Defense Fund shows that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, children were the poorest age group in America, with children of [...]
Read MoreStatement by the Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund The End of Innocence about America Washington, D.C. – Just [...]
Read MoreThe Children’s Defense Fund released the following statement today in response to House passage of an updated COVID-19 relief package: Washington, D.C. – Since the [...]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. (August 11, 2020) – Children’s Defense Fund, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Save the Children, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), and [...]
Read MoreWashington, D.C. – As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, the economic repercussions of this crisis have left children, families and communities reeling at the [...]
Read MorePresident Trump’s FY2021 budget proposal abandons millions of children and hard-working families across the country that rely on the programs that the White House proposes [...]
Read MoreThe latest data illustrates the harmful impacts of our national policy failures on children—especially children of color Today, the Children’s Defense Fund released the latest [...]
Read MoreThe Children’s Defense Fund condemns in the strongest possible terms the finalized Department of Homeland Security Public Charge rule announced today. This regulation is reckless, [...]
Read MoreWe are horrified by and condemn the Trump administration’s imminent plans to conduct mass deportation roundups of immigrant families, which will do real and lasting [...]
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