The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has likely resulted in the detention of parents of more than 145,000 U.S. citizen children since President Donald Trump returned to office in January of last year, according to a new report published Monday by the Brookings Institution.
The report estimates that approximately 146,635 American children have experienced the detention of at least one parent during the administration's expanded deportation campaign. More than 22,000 children, researchers found, experienced the detention of all co-resident parents in their household. Roughly 36% of affected children were younger than six years old.
