""People in Pennsylvania don't know what's happening in New Jersey, let alone Kansas or Oregon or Texas. We are bringing faith and community leaders together to spread information about how the situation today is much worse than it was in 2018.""
"Under the Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy in 2018, more than 2,300 children were separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border. As of January 2026, the Marshall Project found that ICE is holding around 170 children, a sixfold increase from the Biden administration.""
Organizations are actively addressing the growing crisis of child detention in the U.S. A 90-mile march from Dilley to San Antonio aimed to raise awareness about the surge in child detention by the Department of Homeland Security. The National Coalition to End Child Detention, formed in response to family separations in 2018, is leading these efforts. Current statistics show a significant increase in child detentions, with ICE holding around 170 children as of January 2026, highlighting the urgency of the situation.
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