Habeas for Children: Learn About an Effective New Strategy to Free Kids from Prolonged Detention

Acacia Center for Justice

Acacia Center for Justice

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Unaccompanied immigrant children are being held in federal custody longer than at any time in recent history. In response, children’s advocates have turned to a novel legal strategy to win their release: filing habeas corpus petitions in federal court.

Austin Kocher, Host
Jill Williams, Acacia Center for Justice
Becky Wolozin, National Center for Youth Law