These asylum-seekers are being forced to raise their kids in ‘jails,’ PRI’s Global Nation, July 7, 2016

They are among thousands of families across the country who have been placed in immigrant family detention centers that mental health experts warn impose anxiety and further trauma on an already vulnerable population of asylum-seekers. After she won an appeal, the government released Maria and her children while her asylum case moves forward. But they continue to deny release to thousands of other migrants like them. Read more.