#Throwback to @childrightsprof & @juliemlinton's interview on @cnn with @donlemoncnn last month, where the conditions & impacts of migrant child detention were discussed. (thread)
Children being "put on buses in the middle of the night and being driven across state lines, to locations that were hours and hours away from where their parents were, having siblings dropped off at other locations...being just terrified"
"this administration is breaking the black letter law. The TVPRA clearly requires that children be placed in the least restrictive environment possible, in the child's best interest, and there is no question that [these facilities] are not in the children's best interest..."
Dr. Linton describes the effects of trauma like that experienced after forcible separation of a child from a parent — “the buffer for stress is essentially stripped, & everything that child is experiencing is done in terror...” which causes short & long term health impacts.
The intent of @projectamplify1 is to educate the public about the children's experiences in these facilities. The trauma of separations is being compounded w/that of abuse and neglect & has profound impacts.
Listen to this #calltoaction to get involved project-amplify.org
Listen to this #calltoaction to get involved project-amplify.org
