Separating Children From Parents Can Make Them Easy Prey For Traffickers, State Department Report Warns
The State Department report also cautioned that the practice can cause lasting psychological harm and should only be used as a temporary, last resort.
The New York Times:
In Human Trafficking Report, State Dept. Warns Against Separating Children From Parents
The State Department warned in a report on Thursday that separating children from their parents can cause lasting psychological damage that leaves them vulnerable to trafficking, a cautionary tale that comes amid an uproar over a Trump administration immigration policy that has temporarily broken up migrant families as they enter the United States. (Harris, 6/28)
Los Angeles Times:
Ivanka Trump Helps Unveil Administration Report That Decries The Effect Of Separating Children From Parents
A new 68-page report on international human trafficking, unveiled by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo during a ceremony with Ivanka Trump at the State Department, devotes two pages to withering condemnation of separating families. The harmful "physical and psychological effects of staying in residential institutions," it said, put children at additional risk of human trafficking. (Bierman, 6/28)