Docs: Kids to Suffer Under Trump's Tough Immigration Policies [Consumer.Healthday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 1/30/178:59 AM

U.S. pediatricians are taking President Donald Trump to task after he issued executive orders Wednesday that -- the doctors said -- will make the country a much less welcoming place for immigrant children.

Not only will refugee children be harmed by the new policies, but children of immigrants already living in the United States will become frightened for their family's safety, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

"Children do not immigrate, they flee," AAP President Dr. Fernando Stein said in a statement. "They are coming to the U.S. seeking safe haven in our country, and they need our compassion and assistance.

[For more of this story go to https://consumer.healthday.com...policies-719081.html]

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