last week, multiple media outlets have reported that the administration is considering once against detaining families in facilities that have been used under the Biden administration to detain single adults."Reinstating a policy of detaining families in Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection custody, even for short periods of time, would be a horrifying reversal of your past policies and commitments," reads the letter.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Department of Homeland Security's own medical experts have found that detention for any length of time, with or without parents or guardians, is harmful to children.