More than 100K children separated from parents during Trump immigration crackdown: Report

A new report from the Brookings Institution found that more than 145,000 U.S. citizen children have likely been separated from at least one parents due to detention over their immigration status in the second Trump administration. 

The information released on Monday by Brookings indicated that more than 22,000 children have experienced having all or both of the parents they live with detained. The nonprofit public policy organization says only 5 percent, or around 1,000, of these children have received services from the child welfare system based on information collected from interviews with community organizations and child welfare agencies.

Other minors are living with family or friends for the time being, while some have left the country alongside their deported parents. 

“The bottom line is that there is no systematic approach to protecting the children of those detained by ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement],” the Brookings report says. 

“ICE does not directly involve itself in safeguarding the well-being of a detainee’s children, and only refers to child protection if........

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