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Trump Resumes Family Detentions, Including Children as Young as 1

HeadlineMar 14, 2025

In other immigration news, the Trump administration has resumed placing asylum-seeking families in detention — restarting a practice that caused the death of at least six migrant children during Trump’s first term. The nonprofit RAICES is reporting at least 14 immigrant families, some with children as young as 1 year old, are currently jailed at a facility in Karnes County, Texas, after being apprehended near the Mexican and Canadian borders. The families are from Colombia, Romania, Iran, Angola, Russia, Armenia, Turkey and Brazil. Family detention had been largely suspended, though not abolished, under the Biden administration. The facility where the families are being held is run by the private company GEO Group, which has been repeatedly accused of abuse, including medical neglect.

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