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The Costs of Deportation on Citizen Children

For a story of how the removals of noncitizens can have a devastating impact on U.S. citizen children, click here.  Deysi Ramírez, an illegal immigrant mother, was stopped for a traffic violation and detained by authorities. Kayla, an American citizen born on U.S. soil, who like most children has little say about her future, yet now pays for an inconsistent U.S. immigration policy — and for the mistakes that parents make.

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