Over 145,000 children separated from parents since Trump’s ICE surge, study estimates

More than 145,000 US children have likely experienced a parent being detained by immigration authorities since the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency , according to a new report published by a reputed US thinkthank. The report , released Monday by the Brookings Institution, estimates that about 146,635 children who are US citizens have had a parent detained during the mass deportation campaign the Trump administration embarked on after he retook office in early January. …