This press release from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) reports on a recent action by PHR to convene medical professionals and medical students in front of the White House in the US capital "to oppose the harmful detention of families and children at the U.S. southern border." The action called for "the U.S. government to end the detention of children and the separation of families, and to implement policies that allow migrants at the border to access their legal right to seek asylum." PHR also delivered a letter to Department of Homeland Security signed by more than 60,000 people demanding and end to the detention and separation of children. "PHR has documented the medical and psychological trauma caused as a direct result of U.S. migrant detention policies," says the press release. "PHR’s findings make clear that it’s beyond time for the U.S. administration to end all policies that lead to the detention of children and separation of families."
