Our government has ignored resounding cries for an end to prolonged family detention and instead races to build more and more jails for immigrant women and children on the run from violence.

Take a moment to learn more about the children of our Border Project on a special day to commemorate child victims around the world.

Tahirih Houston Director says ‘indefinite, prolonged, and arbitrary detention of children and their mothers must stop.’

Will the Department of Homeland Security uphold its legal commitment to treat immigrant children fairly?

Angela’s* son turned 3 inside the confines of a crowded detention center. He was stuck there, along with hundreds of other mothers and children fleeing violence in Central America.

Advocates for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are deeply concerned about the harmful impact of family detention centers on already traumatized immigrant women and children fleeing violence.

Houston Director: “It is urgent that we enact alternatives to detention and release survivors of sexual and domestic violence as soon as possible.”