Migrant families traumatized by Trump's separation could face lifetime of health problems [azcentral.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 1/11/214:00 AM

By Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral, January 10, 2021

Samayra's son stopped eating after he was taken from his father at the Texas border in June 2018 under the Trump administration's zero-tolerance family separation policy.

The boy, who was seven at the time, and his father came to the U.S. seeking refuge after fleeing violence and poverty in their native Honduras.

But after he was sent to a shelter in New York, the boy didn't know if he would ever see his father again. He survived at the shelter mostly on crackers and juice, said Samayra, his mother.

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