The Trump administration has gutted policies that were designed to give immigrant kids access to legal counsel, relief from deportation, and the ability to be reunited with their families while they apply to stay in the U.S. as a result, Children are being detained and removed at about three times the rate that they were during even the first Trump administration. Since last year, ICE and the Office of Refugee Resettlement have made it much harder to be designated as a sponsor for one of these kids, even if you're related to them. (01:13–01:22)
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Asserts that the rate of child detentions and removals has tripled compared to the first Trump administration.
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