Judge ordered 5-year-old released, but data shows ICE detaining more kids

Washington Post: Over the past four months, the average number of people, including children and adults, held each month in family detention has nearly tripled, from 425 in October to 1,304 in January, according to Department of Homeland Security data.

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The impact is “just really, really damaging and catastrophic because of how sudden and swift and violent it is,” said Zain Lakhani, director of migrant rights and justice at the Women’s Refugee Commission, “and because it’s targeting a population that is just not prepared for this.”…