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"A so far unknown number of children have been orphaned since the virus began killing their parents -- and so many others -- last year," says this article from ABC News. "Often, the responsibility to keep the family together has been placed on the eldest siblings."
A migrant detention facility in the U.S. is being reactivated to hold up to 700 children ages 13 to 17, according to this article from the Washington Post.
In this video, NBC News' Isa Gutierrez spoke with a mother who is struggling to recover from the trauma brought on by the Trump administration's family separation policy as the Biden administration tries to reunite the families that have yet to be brought back together.
This article from Teen Vogue shares the stories of young people aging out of foster care in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts that has had on them.
A proposed class-action suit was filed on Monday in British Columbia Supreme Court, alleging that "a Catholic order shuffled known abusers from a notorious Newfoundland orphanage to two schools in the Vancouver area where more boys were victimized," according to this article from CBC News.
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed three executive orders "to rectify the consequences" of the previous "zero tolerance" immigration policy, including "establishing a task force designed to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border," according to this article from CNN.
This article from the Washington Post tells the stories of families who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico due to the U.S. "zero tolerance policy," then reunited, and then separated again by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"A disturbing trend has led to a plea from doctors across [Canada] as more babies and children are being treated with serious trauma, fractures and in some cases, malnutrition," says this article from Global News.
"The [U.S.] Trump administration separated far more children — the latest total stands at more than 5,500 — starting much earlier than it initially acknowledged," says this piece from NPR. "And more than 1,400 parents were ultimately deported without their children, according to immigrant advocates." The former administration had refused to allow parents who'd been deported back into the U.S. to reunite with their children. "Now all eyes are on Biden."
"The Justice Department formally rescinded the Trump administration's controversial 'zero tolerance' policy that called for the criminal prosecution of adults crossing the border and led to the separation of thousands of families, according to a memo obtained by CNN," says this article from CNN.