A report estimates that about 146,635 US citizen children experienced a parent being detained by immigration authorities since early January during a mass deportation campaign. More than 22,000 of these children had all co-resident parents detained. Roughly 36% of affected children were younger than six years old. The largest share of affected children are linked to Mexico at nearly 54%, while children linked to Guatemala and Honduras together account for more than 25%. Washington DC and Texas show the highest rates, with more than five per 1,000 children facing parental immigration detention. Homeland Security reported 18,277 detainees with US citizen children in fiscal year 2025, but the report says this is likely a substantial undercount.
"The report, released Monday by the Brookings Institution, estimates that about 146,635 children who are US citizens have had a parent detained during the mass deportation campaign the Trump administration embarked on after he retook office in early January. The study further found that of those children, more than 22,000 experienced the detention of all of their co-resident parents. Roughly 36% were younger than six years old, underscoring a hardline immigration enforcement strategy that has drawn widespread criticism from civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups."
"The Brookings Institution's report also found that the largest share of US citizen children with a detained parent are linked to Mexico, accounting for nearly 54%, while children with parents from Guatemala and Honduras together make up more than 25%. Washington DC and Texas have had the highest share of American children with an affected parent, with more than five per 1,000 facing parental immigration detention, according to the report."
"Brookings researchers noted that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported 18,277 detainees with US citizen children in fiscal year 2025 but said the figure is almost certainly a substantial undercount. Earlier in May, a Guardian investigation had found that the arrest of about 18,400 parents had affected as many as 32,000 children in the first seven months of 2025 alone. That figure included at least 12,000 US citizen children."
"The investigation also found that the Trump administration had arrested about 2,300 parents and deported about 1,400 parents each month in 2025 nearly double the monthly deportation rate recorded in 2024 during the end of Joe Biden's presidency. Brookings researchers pointed to anecdotal evidence suggesting that m"
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