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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Us deportees face sudden traumatic separation from their children report finds - Caught on Camera

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A child watches during a workshop for immigrants to make a preparedness plan, in case they are confronted by immigration officials, in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: David McNew/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring their children with them, in apparent violation of its own policies, a major report has found.

In interviews with dozens of parents deported to Honduras, as well as physicians and psychologists, government officials and staff at reception centers for deportees, researchers found that many parents were deported quickly after they were detained, without a chance to arrange for the care of their children.

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