Thousands of children have been swept into immigration detention since President Donald Trump returned to office and revived the practice of holding families in custody, according to a new analysis by The Marshall Project of Immigration and Customs Enforcement data.
The analysis found that at least 3,800 children under the age of 18, including 20 infants, have been booked into ICE custody since Trump took office. More than 1,300 of those children were held for 20 days or longer, exceeding the benchmark set by a federal court interpretation of the Flores settlement, which generally limits how long children may be detained with their families.
