For thousands of immigrant children, separation was just the beginning | Opinion

in immigration custody in the past year, surpassing all other countries in the world and reaching unprecedented levels for the United States. The continued revelations are a chilling reminder for all Americans that the family separation and detention crisis is far from over and remains a moral stain on our country.

Separation, however, is only the beginning of this administration's cruelty toward immigrant children. In immigration detention centers across the country, the Trump administration continues to warehouse migrant children and families in de facto internment camps under inhumane living conditions. With Trump's blessing, children are being locked up in cages without adequate food or water.

For months, pediatricians, lawyers and advocates have warned that conditions in these camps are not safe, yet the Trump administration has been unrepentant and shown no remorse for its actions. Even as these new numbers show thousands more children than previously known were taken from their families—many of whom have yet to be reunited after a year and a half—the administration still has no plan to expedite reunification.

Public outrage made Trump sign an executive order in June 2018. And just last week, following ongoing pressure, the government announced that it would not renew its contract with the private detention center Homestead, where migrant children had described being treated like"prisoners." We cannot let up until every camp like Homestead is closed and every family is reunited. This fight is not over until the administration stops separating families once and for all.

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