The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights serves as Child Advocate (best interests guardian ad litem) for unaccompanied immigrant children pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2008. The Young Center has offices in Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, San Antonio and Harlingen, Texas. The mission of the Young Center is to promote the best interests of unaccompanied children with due regard to the child’s expressed wishes according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and state and federal law.