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child detention

The detention of minors in immigration or criminal custody. Under the Flores Settlement and international law, child detention must be a last resort for the shortest appropriate time, with conditions appropriate to children's needs.

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Updated March 24, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
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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.
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