U.S. and foreign-born children are experiencing a mental health crisis and are at risk of "profound emotional harm" due to current immigration polices that include widespread detainments, workplace raids and large-scale deportations, according researchers at the the School of Medicine at the University of California , Riverside (UCR).

Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email on Friday.

Why It Matters

Cracking down on illegal immigration has been a staple of the Trump administration and a big reason why he was elected to his second term in November.

While the administration has touted its efforts as successful, including massive decreases in crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border since Trump came into office, many Americans remain ambivalent about policy end goa

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