What happened: The Brookings Institution reports that over 100,000 immigrant families were separated during the Trump administration's crackdown. The actual number may be higher due to underreporting of American children involved.
Why it matters:
- Highlights the scale of family separations affecting immigrant communities.
- Raises concerns about the accuracy of official government statistics on the issue.
MNN Take: This report suggests that family separation policies had a broader impact than previously understood, partly because some children’s citizenship status was not fully accounted for in federal data.
Sources: NYTimes US