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I crossed the border alone as a child. Here’s what I learned about family separation

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Skye Harris studies cognitive science at the University of California, Santa Cruz and has ...
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Border Report live: Author examines family migration, separation

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — The author of a new book on family separation and migration during the first Trump administration spoke with dozens of families and children from Latin America who ...
The Washington Post

As Trump rushes to deport migrants, many worry children’s rights are being violated

When Yorely Bernal landed in Venezuela’s capital last week after her deportation from the United States, the first call she made was on video to her mother, Raida Inciarte. “The first thing I asked ...
Newsday

Judge orders return of 3 deported families protected by family separation settlement

SAN DIEGO — A judge says the federal government must return three families hurt by the first Trump administration's policy of separating parents from the children at the border, saying their ...
KING5

MN lawmakers respond to separation of families at border

ST. PAUL, Minn. - KARE 11 reached out to Minnesota's U.S. representatives and senators asking them to respond to the federal government's immigration policy leading to the separation of children from ...
Psychology Today

Zero-Compassion Policy and Parent-Child Separation

As any parent knows, small children experience even brief separations from parents as highly stressful. Prolonged separations inflict lasting trauma and catastrophic neurological damage (Wan 2018).
Palo Alto Weekly

I crossed the border alone as a child. Here’s what I learned about family separation

Skye Harris studies cognitive science at the University of California, Santa Cruz and has co-led research on psychology and immigrant rights. I felt my throat constrict with every step closer to the ...