Physicians group releases report on psychological effects of family separation
by Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times
Feb 25, 2020
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Nearly two years have passed since the separation of thousands of migrant children and their parents under the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy. Months after some reunions, experts found that severe psychological trauma remained.
On Tuesday, Physicians for Human Rights published a report based on in-depth psychological evaluations of 26 asylum seekers - nine children and 17 adults - who were separated under the policy.
Medical experts documented psychological trauma, including
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