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Immigrant families across America facing ‘black cloud’ of stress and deportation
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30202
Subject(s) - deportation , homeland security , immigration , clearance , administration (probate law) , enforcement , criminology , political science , refugee , law enforcement , foreign national , immigration detention , law , psychology , medicine , terrorism , urology
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has taken the lead on protecting immigrant children, as the Trump administration issued a series of executive orders shortly after taking office in January that included raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) police from the federal Department of Homeland Security. There were also children denied entry who were refugees, vetted with their families for years and already cleared to enter.