detained children

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Children in federal custody. Photo: Reuters.

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14,000 detained children

While the country was distracted by the midterm elections, the number of immigrant children…

November 22nd, 2018

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MCALLEN, TX - JUNE 23: A migrant child looks out the window of a bus as protesters try to block a bus carrying migrant children out of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Detention Center on June 23, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Nothing has changed

December 9th, 2019

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SUNLAND PARK, NM - JUNE 02: A young child is seen as she along with other migrants are processed by Border Patrol agents after being detained when they crossed illegally into the United States from Mexico on June 02, 2019 in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Recently immigration officials have seen a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the border. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Back to WWII

June 13th, 2019

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Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Florida, Feb. 19, 2019. Photo: AP

Children are still detained

February 21st, 2019

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An adult immigrant from El Salvador who entered the country illegally uses an ankle monitor on July 27 at a shelter in San Antonio. Eric Gay/AP

ICE's new record

December 18th, 2018

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Children detained at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children on Monday, June 18, 2018. The facility is housing 1,192 teenage immigrants, including 391 girls. ELLIS RUA/MIAMI HERALD

USING CHILDREN AS BAIT

September 21st, 2018

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Detainees are seen in an immigration detention center in San Diego, California, on May 18, 2018. (Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)

Detention and Violence

July 20th, 2018