Protect Family Values at the Border Act

KIND advocated on the following legislation: Queen of the Hill resolution/discharge petition (House) S. 1757 Building Americas Trust Act of 2017 (Cornyn) S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (Grassley) S. 1311, Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Cornyn) H.R. 3440, DREAM Act of 2017(8) S. 1615, Dream Act of 2017 (Graham/Durbin) S.1937, Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act (Flake) S. 2192, The Secure Act of 2017 (Grassley) S. /(H.R.2579 amendment in nature of substitute) Secure and Succeed Act (Grassley/Cotton) H.R. 5850/S. 3106 (past Congress) Secure the Northern Triangle Act (Lofgren/Reid) H.R.4796, Uniting and Securing America Act of 2018 (USA Act) (Hurd-Aguilar) S.2367, Uniting and Securing America Act of 2018 (USA Act) (McCain-Coons) H.R. 2043/S. 2468, Fair Day in Court for Kids Act H.R. 6135/S. 3036, Keep Families Together Act H.R. 2572, Protect Family Values at the Border Act H.R. 5950/S. 2937 - the HELP Separated Children Act H. Res. 927, Condemning the Trump administrations zero tolerance policy (DeLauro) H.R. 6136, Border Security and Immigration Reform Act H.R. 4760, Securing Americas Future Act H.R. 6193, Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act S.___, Central American Reform and Enforcement Act Issues/Administrative: Legal services Detention of and enforcement against migrant and refugee families and children (including separation of families and treatment at the border; screening of and potential ICE enforcement against sponsors; release of children from detention) Protections for immigrant and refugee youth and unaccompanied children (including Flores; TVPRA; designation of UAC; Central American Minors Program; DREAMers) Administration of the immigration courts/immigration proceedings; discretion and independence of immigration judges Administration of benefits and protections for child asylum seekers, victims of trafficking, and those seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile status Root causes of migration/regional stability (funding to address violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, and corruption/impunity; enhancing capacity of protection systems)