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Children detained by ICE
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And children at immigration courts
New ICE facility to hold families, unaccompanied minors could open in Louisiana next week
A new facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, may begin receiving undocumented families with children, local officials and immigrant rights advocates say.
A new ICE facility could speed up deportations for families and kids
The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding center for migrant families and unaccompanied children awaiting removal from the U.S., putting it next to a Louisiana airfield that has become the nation’s largest hub of deportation flights.
Unaccompanied immigrant minors face growing hurdles from the Trump administration crackdown
Many children are having to defend their cases alone before immigration judges, without lawyers, while the government has made it harder for them to leave the shelter system and reunite with their families
Opinion | Trump slashed our funding — and the only chance for thousands of kids to get a fair shot in immigration court
More and more kids, and even babies, are being forced to show up for immigration court alone without lawyers, adequate resources or protection.
Opinion | 3 ways you can stand against the cruelty of family immigration detention
Elora Mukherjee: Children held in Dilley detention center face panic attacks, malnutrition and suicidal ideation. We must call on our representatives to stop the cruelty.
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
Children do not deserve immigration detention.
Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility — ProPublica
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.
Kids in ICE Detention Up 10x in Trump’s Second Term
Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.
ICE Has Placed a Record 600 Immigrant Kids in Federal Shelters This Year — ProPublica
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
