The Trump administration is seeking to deport five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, the Ecuadorian boy detained in Minneapolis, just days after he returned home to Minnesota following weeks at a Texas family detention facility.
A federal judge ruled that the deportation of three migrant families — who had already been separated under Trump’s first-term family separation policy — was unlawful and ordered the government to return them to the U.S.
Eight children detained with their parents at a Texas immigration facility describe their experience through letters and drawings, offering a glimpse into the suffering of the hundreds of kids currently held in detention.
Child health experts warn that immigration enforcement — which is separating families, detaining toddlers, and exposing children to violence — constitutes a public health crisis, with decades of research showing that the resulting toxic stress causes lasting damage to children’s developing brains and bodies.
At least 32 children across seven states have entered foster care after their parents were detained or deported amid record-high immigration enforcement, though the true national scale remains unknown due to a lack of comprehensive federal and state data.
Advocates are trying to defend a 40-year-old injunction that guarantees unaccompanied immigrant children the right to be informed of their legal options and contact a trusted adult before making immigration decisions — protections the Trump administration is now seeking to eliminate.
Despite objections from federal health and child welfare officials warning of inadequate specialized care, the Trump administration is funneling all pregnant unaccompanied migrant girls to a single South Texas shelter.
A Russian family who fled oppression seeking safety in America has spent four months detained at a Texas immigration facility, where they and their three children have endured conditions they never imagined possible in the U.S.
Advocates warn that a new wave of rapid deportations — with immigrants vanishing during traffic stops, school drop-offs, and commutes — amounts to a modern form of family separation, leaving children and loved ones with little to no warning before their parents are gone.
An estimated 100,000 children experienced a parent’s detention in the first ten months of 2025 — yet no system exists to identify or protect the children left behind, prompting calls for government policies to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
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