Mississippi families call for family reunification, defunding ICE on anniversary of workplace raids

By Gabe Ortiz

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The Center for Law and Policy (CLASP) said in a report that children, many of them U.S. citizens, “showed immediate signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)” following the raids. “Children of all ages dramatically changed their daily routines,” the report said. “Children stopped playing outside and often begged their parents not to leave the house. In both Mississippi and Texas, children missed several days of school following the raids, and their grades suffered.”  

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