‘Are Mom and Dad not coming home?’: American kids left stranded when ICE takes their parents
By ,, Anna-Maja Rappard and Kyung Lah
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“It’s literally a kid’s worst nightmare having someone come take your parents in the middle of the night,” said Wendy Cervantes, a longtime immigration policy expert who has worked with Democratic and Republican lawmakers to help craft federal policies that protect the children of immigrants. “No matter the outcome, you are turning a kid’s life upside down.”
Source URL: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/us-citizen-children-separated-parents-deported-ice-invs
