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Los Angeles Times: “They flee terrifying violence in Central America, and arrive in a country that barbarically rips children from parents”

“We’re causing twice the trauma to both the parents and their children,” said Hilda Cruz of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. “Can you imagine this? These children have gone through so much violence in their hometowns, and then they get to a place that doesn’t recognize them as human beings.”

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Seattle Times: “California teen uses quinceanera to protest dad’s detention”

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area teen is hoping her immigrant father is released from a detention center in time for her upcoming birthday and held an unusual protest to draw attention to his case.

Alexa Lopez on Saturday had a coming-of-age party known as a quinceanera outside a detention facility in Richmond where her father, Raul Lopez, is being held.

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CBS News: “Girl dances in quinceañera gown outside ICE detention center where her dad is held”