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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Creating A Public Health Crisis Among Children, Analysts Say

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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Creating A Public Health Crisis Among Children, Analysts Say

Nicole Rodriguez, Center on Law and Social Policy (Jan 4, 2018)

Analysts say that Trump’s immigration crackdown is creating a public health crisis among children leading to increases in child patients with sleep and eating disorders, anxiety, depression and stress that they said have been induced by Trump’s policies and words. These problems could lead to increased adult cases of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, severe depression and anxiety.

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To curb illegal border crossings, Trump administration weighs new measures targeting families

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To curb illegal border crossings, Trump administration weighs new measures targeting families

Nick Miroff, The Washington Post (Dec 21, 2017)

An official plan to separate children from their parents is being considered by the Trump administration in order to stop a surge of Central American families and unaccompanied minors coming across the Mexican border.

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Trump Administration Considers Separating Families to Combat Illegal Immigration

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Trump Administration Considers Separating Families to Combat Illegal Immigration

Caitlin Dickerson and Ron Nixon, The New York Times (Dec 21, 2017)

The Trump administration is considering a plan to separate parents from their children when families are caught entering the country illegally, according to officials who have been briefed on the plans in order to discourage border crossings.

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In Philly halls of justice, feds seizing more immigrants with no criminal past

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In Philly halls of justice, feds seizing more immigrants with no criminal past

Bobby Allen, WHYY (Dec 20, 2017)

ICE agents in Philadelphia have found courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants, causing legal experts to worry that enforcing immigration laws in Philadelphia’s courtrooms is potentially preventing the criminal justice system from functioning properly.

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The Trump Administration Is Separating Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at the Border

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The Trump Administration Is Separating Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at the Border

Katie Shepherd, American Immigration Council (Dec 11, 2017)

In response to the escalating practice of separating immigrant children from their parents by U.S. immigration officials, the American Immigration Council, in collaboration with the WRC and others, filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on behalf of these families – most, if not all, who fled to the United States seeking humanitarian relief only to be separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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When Immigration Detention Means Losing Your Kids

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When Immigration Detention Means Losing Your Kids

Emma Jacobs, WBHM (Dec 8, 2017)

In light of the expanded immigration enforcement actions under the Trump administration, immigration attorneys are warning that without preventative measures, family separation will lead to more children in foster care and struggles for parents to regain custody from outside the United States.

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