President Obama: Provide Protection for Children Fleeing Extreme Violence No Deadline - Prefer ASAP Since October 2013, more than 57,000 children - many unaccompanied - have crossed the U.S. border with Mexico to escape crushing violence in Central America. Instead of providing protection for these children as obligated under international law, the Obama administration has treated them inhumanely, locking them up, denying them their rights, and even deporting them back to situations of extreme danger. Click here to urge President Obama to protect the human rights of these children.
