More than 600 Children Separated, Caged, Abused, and Neglected by U.S. Government

The U.S. immigration crisis has led to the placement of 666 children, in cages, subjecting them to varying abuse and neglect from the Government which their parents sought protection. Instead of being placed in safe foster homes which the U.S. government requires of the states who remove children from the parents, an estimated 666 children have been ripped away from parents, placed in cages, and deprived of basic love, empathy, and kindness.

Cognitive development is critical for a child’s well-being; unfortunately, when the Limbic, an area of the brain that controls emotions and behavioral actions, and the Cortex system, an area of the brain which involves abstract thinking, is subject to abuse and neglect during the first five years of a child’s life, the brain cannot fully develop. This early set-back subjects a child to permanent lifelong trauma, irrepealable harm and has a detrimental effect on the remainder of the child’s life and even the community at large.

Emotional trauma was not the only byproduct of the “zero tolerance” policy for one young boy, in a complaint brought last month, claiming the minor was a victim of sexual abuse after being forcibly separated from his father at the border. This behavior demonstrated by the U.S. Government is abusive, damaging, permanent, and likely leaves children and families emotionally destroyed.