Programs Detention & Asylum
On July 21, 2011, The Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act (S.1399/H.R. 2607) was introduced in the both the U.S. Senate and the House.
The HELP for Separated Children Act would establish critical safeguards to protect the best interest of children and to preserve the integrity of families by mandating nationwide protocols to help keep children with their parents or caregivers - and out of the foster care system - while their parents' or caregiver's immigration case is pending. The HELP for Separated Children Act would also ensure that children who are placed in the foster care system receive appropriate care and are able to be reunified with their parent at the conclusion of the parent's detention.
