Some animal shelters are reporting they are seeing a number of dogs being put up for rescue because their owners have either been deported or detained on immigration-related issues.

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One such animal shelter in the D.C. area is run by Amy Cahill. It’s called Knine Rescue in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Cahill said it received numerous inquiries in the last several weeks from families of people who were deported or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, and that they were having to give-up their dogs as a result.

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