The following article by Luis Sanchez was posted on the Hill website June 16, 2018:
Medical experts are cautioning that there are long-term health risks for migrant children who are separated from their parents, including “irreparable harm” to those children’s lifelong development.
“[It can] cause irreparable harm to lifelong development by disrupting a child’s brain architecture,” American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) President Colleen Kraft told BuzzFeed News this week. “Immigration has become so politicized. We would really like people to sit back instead and think of the health of these children.” Continue reading “Doctors group warns of health risks for migrant children separated from parents”