By Satsuki Ina, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento

Last summer, the Obama administration announced its plans to open new immigrant family detention centers in response to the wave of women and children fleeing violence in Central and South America and seeking asylum in the United States. The ACLU  and other advocacy groups quickly opposed the White House’s policy because of the harm it would inflict on already traumatized women and children.

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