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[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

We’re now on BlueSky! Join us as we fight for children’s civil and human rights. Follow us for advocacy updates, real stories, and ways you can take action. Let’s create a brighter future for children. #ChildrensRights

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[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

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[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

We’re now on BlueSky! Join us as we fight for children’s civil and human rights. Follow us for advocacy updates, real stories, and ways you can take action. Let’s create a brighter future for children. #ChildrensRights

🔗https://t.co/KR3d8uBh55

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

We expect our politicians to lead with compassion, not make flippant suggestions that will lead to further trauma to children. Our priority must be the best interests of kids—ensuring family unity and making every effort to keep children with their loved ones whenever possible.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

Suggesting that children of detained undocumented immigrants be placed in the foster system shows a profound lack of understanding of the harms inflicted on children when they’re removed from their families and communities and placed in the U.S. child welfare system.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour’s swift ruling is good news. Noncitizen children face myriad challenges that can limit them from reaching their full potential. We must do everything possible to protect their rights and ensure they have the opportunities they deserve.

[CNN @CNN]

A federal judge says he will temporarily block Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" https://t.co/2eEy1w6o06

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

As a children’s rights organization, we applaud their swift action. Noncitizen children would face severe, irreparable harm, including constant threats of deportation and family separation, and heightened trauma.
This isn’t just illegal—it’s immoral.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

Yesterday the Trump administration issued an executive order declaring that future children born to undocumented immigrants no longer be recognized as citizens. In response, the @ACLU, other civil rights orgs, and 22 states have filed lawsuits, calling the order unconstitutional.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Eighteen states sued to block an executive order by President Trump that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born to unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. https://t.co/GDZRJ4aLhz

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

Contact your Senators today and urge them to vote NO on the Laken Riley Act. Protect children and families from unjust detention and keep families together.

📞Find your Senator's contact info: https://t.co/6f1ogsn6HQ #ChildrensRights #VoteNoS5

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

📢 We need your help to protect the rights of children.

The Laken Riley Act (S.5) is set to go before the Senate soon—and it threatens the well-being of children vulnerable to unjust detention.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

No existing legal protection, including the Flores Settlement, would prevent undocumented children from being mandatorily detained by ICE under the Laken Riley Act.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

✨That’s a wrap! Thanks for making 2024 so memorable for the Children’s Rights community.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment of people like you—sharing stories, staying engaged, + standing beside us in the fight to protect the human and civil rights of children

[Child Mind Institute @childmindinst]

Tragedies like the ongoing wildfires in California can be traumatic for those affected directly and indirectly by the disaster. Videos and news reports can feel overwhelming and cultivate a sense of helplessness and anxiety for adults and children alike. It is important to remember that while we cannot shield our children from the pain and fear they may be feeling, we can do our part to help them process what they’re experiencing, at whatever level they are affected.

For events like these, we have developed a trauma guide to help adults comfort, support and guide children through their fears and grief, to help prevent them from suffering lasting psychological effects available in 17 languages.

Share this post to help bring these resources to those who may need them.

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[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

We are seeking a full-time, entry-level paralegal to join our active litigation program and support our commitment to government accountability and social justice for children, with a start date around June 09, 2025.

For more information and to apply 👉 https://t.co/eOuDvXWWP9

[Rabbi Shmuly @RavShmuly]

My piece in today's @chicagotribune !
Here, I address the moral urgency of addressing the expiration of essential health protections for migrant children in custody.
https://t.co/Bb1PJzyIiw

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

@RavShmuly strikes at the heart of the urgency of this issue in his op-ed. Our commitment to children in our country isn't just a matter of legality but morality.

Now is not the time to end these protections. We must extend them to ensure the well-being of migrant children.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

Last month, Flores counsel filed a motion to extend a 2022 settlement with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). The settlement holds CBP responsible for providing the children in its care with vital necessities, yet many continue to face inhumane conditions.

[Chicago Tribune Opinion @chitribopinions]

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz: The end of crucial safeguards for migrant children at the border is a moral crisis https://t.co/nJH62OQOsI

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

Despite over two years under the settlement, CPB has failed to show it can meet its obligations to children without independent oversight. Children continue to be denied basic care, are often separated from their parents for days, and are housed in windowless rooms.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

This compounded trauma follows them into adulthood, affecting their health, relationships, and sense of self.

We can't remain silent and let this be how we treat kids. Raise your voice and demand better for children and their families. Sign the pledge at https://t.co/vhIHUvy6zU

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

During the 12 years she spent in the Texas foster system, Alyssa saw how the state failed children. Put in places where kids are treated like “robot chore doers” – not like children who need to be nurtured and loved.

[Children's Rights @ChildrensRights]

She knows the stories of kids whose parents faced difficult circumstances and needed extra support to provide a safe, stable home. Instead, the system tore them away, often exposing them to even deeper harm.