Wrong and inhumane: Separating children from their parents at the US border

infant clinging to leg of an adult

This fact sheet describes the problem in numbers and human experience, the projected impact on children, and how someone can take action now.

Published 2018-06-21
The American Academy of Pediatrics said taking a child from a parent can do “irreparable harm to lifelong development by disrupting a child’s brain architecture...Separating children from their parents contradicts everything we stand for—protecting and promoting children’s
health.”

Families deserve better.