Children Separated Under Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Policy Say Their Trauma Continues

Debbie Nathan - The Intercept

This article from the Intercept describes the impacts of family separation on children and families who were separated at the US border with Mexico and now remain, reuinited, in immigration detention centers. "According to medical experts," says the article "all children who were separated from their parents under the “zero tolerance” policy are at increased risk of developing long term health problems from “toxic stress.” But for the children who continue to be confined, the damage is still accumulating."

“I’m afraid to leave my mom and go to class,” one young girl said. “I’m afraid that’s when they’ll separate me again from my mom, like at the dog pound.”