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Maggie Fox - NBC News,

This article from NBC News shares perspectives of several child development researchers and other experts, including Nathan Fox (a child development specialist at the University of Maryland and one of the primary researchers in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project), regarding the impacts of family separation on children.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child has issued a statement calling the US policy of "sudden, forcible separation of children from their parents" a "deeply traumatic" experience for both children and parents.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ),

The U.S. National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) has issued a statement condemning the U.S. policy of family separation at the border with Mexico.

Associated Press - The Guardian,

US officials have begun sending babies and young children, whom they have separated from their parents upon entry into the US over the border with Mexico, to "tender age" shelters, according to this article from the Guardian.

Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service,

Catholic bishops across the United States have spoken out against the US policy of family separation and detention of children at the border with Mexico, according to this post from Catholic News Service. 

Yoka Verdoner - The Guardian,

"I know from experience that the Trump-sanctioned brutality at the US border with Mexico will scar its child victims for life," says Yoka Verdoner, a Holocaust survivor, in this opinion piece for the Guardian.

Nomaan Merchant,

This article from AP describes the shelters in the U.S. that are being used to detain immigrants who have crossed int the country from the border with Mexico, many of whom are children separated from their parents.

William Wan - The Washington Post,

This article from the Washington Post highlights the many "catastrophic" developmental and health effects that family separation has on children.

RELAF (la Red Latinoamericana de Acogimiento Familiar),

RELAF (la Red Latinoamericana de Acogimiento Familiar) está buscando un oficial de recaudación de fondos que trabaje en su oficina en México o remotamente. 

Changing the Way We Care, CRS,

Catholic Relief Services and the CTWWC consortium is seeking a qualified and dynamic Global Director to lead the CTWWC vision, team, and platform forward over the coming five+ years.