25% of Dreamers have children who are U.S. citizens — and experts warn that a DACA rollback could put the physical and mental health of as many as 250,000 children at risk of 'immediate harm.'
and, ever since, DACA recipients and their children have been forced to live with the anxiety and fear of deportation and family separation.Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health Executive Committee, tellsthat a stable, loving relationship with an adult — typically their parent — plays a critical role in a child’s mental and physical health and well-being.
Children don’t have to understand the legal details of a DACA rollback to suffer the physical and emotional toll. Dr. Linton tellsthat no matter how old a child is, they can sense it when their parents are stressed. “Certainly a three-year-old can’t articulate, ‘I’m scared that my mother will be deported as a result of the termination of DACA,’” Dr. Linton says.
Angelica Villalobos, 34, of Oklahoma City has lived in the United States since she was 11 and is a mom of five children ranging in age from 18 months to 19-years-old. Both she and her husband are DACA recipients. Seven years ago, a family member was deported and she and her family helped take care of their children until they were able to return to the U.S.. Her oldest kids vividly remember what happened to their aunt.
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