Immigration News: US Committee For Refugees And Immigrants Launches 'I Am Solo' Campaign To Help Central American Children

Immigration is becoming a humanitarian crisis in the United States, with thousands of unaccompanied child migrants travelling hundreds of miles to the United States. Now, the US Committee For Refugees And Immigrants (USCRI) has launched a campaign to educate the public and create comprehensive solutions to the problem: "After a century of serving the uprooted, we know a refugee situation when we see one," says USCRI. "As the unaccompanied children situation continues and the White House searches for solutions, we have compiled solutions grounded in international law and historical precedent."

President Obama has recently announced an emergency supplemental funding request for the unaccompanied children. As USCRI explains, "With this request, it will be critical to consider the situation, stories, and solutions to the Central American children crossing borders." You can read the full report here. The USCRI has also launched 'I Am Solo' "an online advocacy campaign to educate the public on the plight of the thousands of unaccompanied refugee children crossing the U.S. southern border every week.

Children don’t travel over 1,000 miles on a whim. We have an obligation under international law to provide these vulnerable children with a stable place of refuge. It is our moral duty to help these innocent children in situations of desperation to be free of crime, abuse, and violence to seek safety and be reunited with family. We don’t want to live in a world where children go unprotected, do you?

In June 2014, we simulated the immensity of the situation with visual stories on Facebook and Twitter based on almost a decade of experience serving these children. In one week’s time we portrayed the magnitude of the situation with each story representing 10 children that cross in any given week. See all the stories on our Pinterest board."