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Right now, thousands of children in government custody are being denied basic protections under the law, leading to suffering that can last a lifetime. In the courts and through our advocacy, Children’s Rights is fighting against these injustices and defending their rights. youtu.be/R3Kbu7HfGuo
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“Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country.” www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country.” www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Children’s Rights is seeking first or second year law students for full-time internships in our NYC office from June 1, 2026 – August 7, 2026.
Join us to gain substantive training and education in civil rights law and impact litigation, as well as the field of children’s rights and child welfare.
Join us to gain substantive training and education in civil rights law and impact litigation, as well as the field of children’s rights and child welfare.
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Children’s Rights is seeking first or second year law students for full-time internships in our NYC office from June 1, 2026 – August 7, 2026.
Join us to gain substantive training and education in civil rights law and impact litigation, as well as the field of children’s rights and child welfare.
Join us to gain substantive training and education in civil rights law and impact litigation, as well as the field of children’s rights and child welfare.
The Administration’s latest child welfare Executive Order signals major shifts. But what does it actually do — and what risks does it pose for children and families?
!!!! So gratified to have this story enjoy a wide reach, especially since foster care is a really under-covered topic. Read it here: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Administration’s latest child welfare Executive Order signals major shifts. But what does it actually do — and what risks does it pose for children and families?
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“Fostering the Future,” which aims to support young people aging out of the foster-care system, is paired with an effort to put the religious rights of people who wish to foster above the civil rights of L.B.G.T.Q.+ youth.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_MyqtC
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_MyqtC
For Trump, “Fostering the Future” Looks a Lot Like the Past
By putting the religious rights of potential foster parents above the civil rights of L.G.B.T.Q. youth, a new executive order reënacts the original sin of the child-welfare system.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Fostering the Future,” which aims to support young people aging out of the foster-care system, is paired with an effort to put the religious rights of people who wish to foster above the civil rights of L.B.G.T.Q.+ youth.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_MyqtC
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_MyqtC
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Joel Camas, 16, was released on bond on Monday after nearly a month in federal immigration custody. Now he awaits the court's decision on whether to stop his deportation.
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/b...
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/b...
Bronx High Schooler Returns Home After a Month in ICE Custody - Documented
Joel Camas, 16, was released on bond on Monday after nearly a month in federal immigration custody. Now he awaits the court's decision on whether to stop his deportation.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Joel Camas, 16, was released on bond on Monday after nearly a month in federal immigration custody. Now he awaits the court's decision on whether to stop his deportation.
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/b...
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/b...
Hunger in youth facilities is never acceptable. Families are begging for help as kids in Colorado’s Youthful Offender System struggle without enough food. This is a crisis. Demand action from state officials now.
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hunger in youth facilities is never acceptable. Families are begging for help as kids in Colorado’s Youthful Offender System struggle without enough food. This is a crisis. Demand action from state officials now.
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
Hunger in youth facilities is never acceptable. Reports from Colorado’s Youthful Offender System show youth are starving & suffering from dangerous medical conditions. This cannot wait.
Urge Gov Polis and your elected officials to act today: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you... @youthlaw.bsky.social
Urge Gov Polis and your elected officials to act today: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you... @youthlaw.bsky.social
End Starvation in Colorado Youth Prisons
Tell Governor Polis and your state legislator to end starvation and mistreatment today
action.youthlaw.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hunger in youth facilities is never acceptable. Reports from Colorado’s Youthful Offender System show youth are starving & suffering from dangerous medical conditions. This cannot wait.
Urge Gov Polis and your elected officials to act today: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you... @youthlaw.bsky.social
Urge Gov Polis and your elected officials to act today: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you... @youthlaw.bsky.social
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🚨 We need to act. Contact your state representatives and the Governor today. Every child deserves better.
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🚨 We need to act. Contact your state representatives and the Governor today. Every child deserves better.
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
Learn more: action.youthlaw.org/a/end-co-you...
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No young person should ever go to bed hungry. In Colorado’s youth facilities, youth are starving and suffering from dangerous medical conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
No young person should ever go to bed hungry. In Colorado’s youth facilities, youth are starving and suffering from dangerous medical conditions.
On graduation day, ICE deported two Louisiana high school students with special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS). Read their story and act today. #BringTheBrothersHome👇
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
On graduation day, ICE deported two Louisiana high school students with special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS). Read their story and act today. #BringTheBrothersHome👇
They’re children, not violent criminals. Yet our government is holding them in prison-like facilities no child should ever endure. #Flores
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
They’re children, not violent criminals. Yet our government is holding them in prison-like facilities no child should ever endure. #Flores
Institutionalizing children & youth is harmful, ineffective, & up to 50x more expensive than family-based care. NY must end this failed model & invest in care that helps children & youth heal and thrive.
📢 areyoulisteningny.org/joinus
#AreYouListeningNY #StopInstitutionalizingKids
📢 areyoulisteningny.org/joinus
#AreYouListeningNY #StopInstitutionalizingKids
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Institutionalizing children & youth is harmful, ineffective, & up to 50x more expensive than family-based care. NY must end this failed model & invest in care that helps children & youth heal and thrive.
📢 areyoulisteningny.org/joinus
#AreYouListeningNY #StopInstitutionalizingKids
📢 areyoulisteningny.org/joinus
#AreYouListeningNY #StopInstitutionalizingKids
The U.S. failed to appear before the UN Human Rights Council for its scheduled human rights review in Geneva today.
While the review has been postponed, our call for accountability cannot be. The U.S. must show up, listen, and take action to end the ongoing harms to children and families.
While the review has been postponed, our call for accountability cannot be. The U.S. must show up, listen, and take action to end the ongoing harms to children and families.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The U.S. failed to appear before the UN Human Rights Council for its scheduled human rights review in Geneva today.
While the review has been postponed, our call for accountability cannot be. The U.S. must show up, listen, and take action to end the ongoing harms to children and families.
While the review has been postponed, our call for accountability cannot be. The U.S. must show up, listen, and take action to end the ongoing harms to children and families.
Immigrant children are being detained in conditions that betray basic human decency—simply because they or their parents were born somewhere else.
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Immigrant children are being detained in conditions that betray basic human decency—simply because they or their parents were born somewhere else.
From unstable housing to lost community ties, young people who spent time in New York’s institutions have long said the harms follow them even after they leave. Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ youth bear these injustices most. 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
From unstable housing to lost community ties, young people who spent time in New York’s institutions have long said the harms follow them even after they leave. Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ youth bear these injustices most. 1/2
Make your voice count—don’t forget to vote!
No matter who's in office, children in the U.S. have long been overlooked and short-changed. It’s up to all of us to come together and make their needs and futures a priority.
So get to the polls and keep kids in mind when you fill out your ballot!
No matter who's in office, children in the U.S. have long been overlooked and short-changed. It’s up to all of us to come together and make their needs and futures a priority.
So get to the polls and keep kids in mind when you fill out your ballot!
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Make your voice count—don’t forget to vote!
No matter who's in office, children in the U.S. have long been overlooked and short-changed. It’s up to all of us to come together and make their needs and futures a priority.
So get to the polls and keep kids in mind when you fill out your ballot!
No matter who's in office, children in the U.S. have long been overlooked and short-changed. It’s up to all of us to come together and make their needs and futures a priority.
So get to the polls and keep kids in mind when you fill out your ballot!
New York puts 2,000+ children and youth in harmful group homes and facilities—far above the national average. Young people who have lived in these places tell us: This is a policy choice—and it must end. Are You Listening? 1/3
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New York puts 2,000+ children and youth in harmful group homes and facilities—far above the national average. Young people who have lived in these places tell us: This is a policy choice—and it must end. Are You Listening? 1/3
We won't be silent. Every day, young people are harmed by government systems and policies—in their schools, homes, and communities.
Meet the youth leaders raising their voices to expose these human rights violations and build a public record the U.S. can’t ignore. childrensrights.org/YouthVoices
Meet the youth leaders raising their voices to expose these human rights violations and build a public record the U.S. can’t ignore. childrensrights.org/YouthVoices
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We won't be silent. Every day, young people are harmed by government systems and policies—in their schools, homes, and communities.
Meet the youth leaders raising their voices to expose these human rights violations and build a public record the U.S. can’t ignore. childrensrights.org/YouthVoices
Meet the youth leaders raising their voices to expose these human rights violations and build a public record the U.S. can’t ignore. childrensrights.org/YouthVoices
Every day, children and families—especially Black, Brown, and Indigenous families—are harmed by the U.S. family policing system (“child welfare”). It operates as a machine of control & surveillance.
This isn't care. It's racialized and poverty-based punishment. #AccountabilityNow #HumanRights
This isn't care. It's racialized and poverty-based punishment. #AccountabilityNow #HumanRights
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Every day, children and families—especially Black, Brown, and Indigenous families—are harmed by the U.S. family policing system (“child welfare”). It operates as a machine of control & surveillance.
This isn't care. It's racialized and poverty-based punishment. #AccountabilityNow #HumanRights
This isn't care. It's racialized and poverty-based punishment. #AccountabilityNow #HumanRights
✨ The Young People’s Chorus of NYC is raising their voices for the Children’s Rights Benefit on October 15! Join us for an evening of music, connection, and impact. childrensrights.org/benefit
🎶Give Us Hope by The Young People’s Chorus of NYC
#CelebrateChildren #ChildrensRights #NYC #Chorus
🎶Give Us Hope by The Young People’s Chorus of NYC
#CelebrateChildren #ChildrensRights #NYC #Chorus
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
✨ The Young People’s Chorus of NYC is raising their voices for the Children’s Rights Benefit on October 15! Join us for an evening of music, connection, and impact. childrensrights.org/benefit
🎶Give Us Hope by The Young People’s Chorus of NYC
#CelebrateChildren #ChildrensRights #NYC #Chorus
🎶Give Us Hope by The Young People’s Chorus of NYC
#CelebrateChildren #ChildrensRights #NYC #Chorus
On #ChildrensHealthDay, and every day, we stand with children and families fighting for the care they need to thrive and to heal.
Together, we’re working to make sure no child is separated from their family to access mental health care—and fighting for children’s right to health care.
Together, we’re working to make sure no child is separated from their family to access mental health care—and fighting for children’s right to health care.
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On #ChildrensHealthDay, and every day, we stand with children and families fighting for the care they need to thrive and to heal.
Together, we’re working to make sure no child is separated from their family to access mental health care—and fighting for children’s right to health care.
Together, we’re working to make sure no child is separated from their family to access mental health care—and fighting for children’s right to health care.
No kid should be forced to grow up too fast.
At Children’s Rights, we believe childhood is everyone’s first right. The right to learn, grow, and be free to just be a kid. Too often, government systems rob children of that chance, forcing them to shoulder adult worries far too soon.
At Children’s Rights, we believe childhood is everyone’s first right. The right to learn, grow, and be free to just be a kid. Too often, government systems rob children of that chance, forcing them to shoulder adult worries far too soon.
September 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
No kid should be forced to grow up too fast.
At Children’s Rights, we believe childhood is everyone’s first right. The right to learn, grow, and be free to just be a kid. Too often, government systems rob children of that chance, forcing them to shoulder adult worries far too soon.
At Children’s Rights, we believe childhood is everyone’s first right. The right to learn, grow, and be free to just be a kid. Too often, government systems rob children of that chance, forcing them to shoulder adult worries far too soon.
Join Children’s Rights in fighting for a future where every child has a chance to thrive. 👉 www.childrensrights.org/l/rememberth...
#KeepTheMagicAlive #RememberTheMagic #ChildrensRights
#KeepTheMagicAlive #RememberTheMagic #ChildrensRights
September 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Join Children’s Rights in fighting for a future where every child has a chance to thrive. 👉 www.childrensrights.org/l/rememberth...
#KeepTheMagicAlive #RememberTheMagic #ChildrensRights
#KeepTheMagicAlive #RememberTheMagic #ChildrensRights
Earlier this month, we visited the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas and heard directly from children and families about the conditions inside.
September 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Earlier this month, we visited the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas and heard directly from children and families about the conditions inside.
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Belatedly celebrating World Children’s Day (September 20), we are sharing with you a clip we created for the US nonprofit @childrens-rights.bsky.social a few years ago, narrated by actress and activist Rosario Dawson.
Follow the link in our comments to watch the video.
Follow the link in our comments to watch the video.
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Belatedly celebrating World Children’s Day (September 20), we are sharing with you a clip we created for the US nonprofit @childrens-rights.bsky.social a few years ago, narrated by actress and activist Rosario Dawson.
Follow the link in our comments to watch the video.
Follow the link in our comments to watch the video.