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U.S. Ejected 8,800 Unaccompanied Migrant Kids, Ignoring Precautions Against Child Trafficking

Humanitarian protections have been suspended as the Trump administration carries out wholesale expulsion of most vulnerable migrants.
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Evangelical Leaders Urge Ivanka Trump To Protect Migrant Kids From Trafficking

The leaders asked the first daughter to make sure the Trump administration enforces an anti-trafficking law that protects unaccompanied children.
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Teen Moms, Pregnant Girls Are Especially Vulnerable At Border Detention Centers

Young migrant mothers in border detention facilities described feeling hungry, cold, and terrified because their babies were sick.
By Astrid Galvan, AP

Trump Admin Is Still Separating Children From Their Families

The Texas Civil Rights Project found that 272 families have been separated at a single Texas courthouse since June.
By Nomaan Merchant, AP

Two Migrant Teens Were Killed In Mexico. Advocates Worry It Could Happen Again.

Children are being turned away at the border and face dangerous, life-threatening situations, experts say.
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Opinion | The Trauma Of Family Separation Will Haunt Children For Decades

Childhood trauma can stunt cognitive development and alter the structure of young brains in profound and permanent ways.
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Kids Taken From Their Parents At The Border Get Their Toys Confiscated Too

Customs and Border Protection agents take away essentially all possessions carried by undocumented immigrants. It's not clear if they ever get them back.
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Refugee Office That Lost 1,500 Kids Not 'Legally Responsible' For Finding Them: Official

"This is as horrific a policy as I've seen in 25-plus years doing civil rights work," an ACLU attorney said.
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