Did you know that 7,000 refugee children arrive in the United States every year without parents or family to help them? These are kids who have been orphaned or separated from family, and may be fleeing armed conflict, human rights abuses or social and political turmoil in their countries.

Many of these kids were forced into child soldiering, prostitution, servitude, or other unspeakable horrors. But when they arrive here, looking for a new life, they are often apprehended at the border and placed in an immigration court system designed for adults without being given an attorney or guardian to help them.

There's new legislation in Congress to help these children.

The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2005 will make sure these children don't fall through the cracks when they reach the United States. This bill will provided the needed structure and guidance so these kids will receive pro bono legal counsel; child welfare professionals to act as guardians; and family reunification where possible. It's so hard to imagine the lives these children are fleeing.

War, famine, unspeakable human rights abuses – your signature can help these kids have a safer future: http://go.care2.com/e/HTG/D5/Erx6