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The American Academy of Pediatricians has made a bold statement about the proposed DHS policy to separate children from their parents and the use of detention - clearly linking these policies to their potential to traumatize children. To that end, children should never be separated from a parent unless it is for the child's safety, and the Department of Homeland Security should discontinue the use of family detention and use community-based alternatives to detention to treat immigrant...

I'm praying Cheri Honkala won -- poverty and homelessness is an ACE. I was a homeless adolescent and in couch surfing, I was raped. Homelessness is an ACE.