Legal Framework

Universal Declaration of Human Rights — Article 16(3)

Recognizes the family as the fundamental unit of society entitled to protection from both society and the state, affirming the state's affirmative obligation to support family integrity.

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Family Separations and Prolonged Child Detention Under Immigration Enforcement

Immigration enforcement separated at least 11,000 US citizen children from their parents, with children held in government custody for an average of six months while officials used reunification …

  • At least 11,000 US citizen children had a parent detained by ICE in the first seven months of Trump's second term -- an average of more than …
  • Children in ICE detention jumped more than sixfold compared to the Biden administration, from ~25 per day to ~170 per day.