This article highlights recent research exploring the negative effects parental deportation has on children in the US. Recent reports, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and conducted by the Migration Policy Institute and the Urban Institute, describe the effects of losing a parent to deportation. One report indicates that the effects of losing a parent to deportation are basically the same as those of losing a parent to incarceration: “Kids can become homeless, bounce around to different family members, lose focus in school, and undergo long-lasting psychological trauma,” among many other social, emotional, psychological, and economic problems.