A new report from the University of California, Riverside warns that aggressive immigration enforcement practices in the United States are fueling a public health emergency for children in mixed-status families.

The report, published in Psychiatric News, was authored by mental health professionals in the UCR School of Medicine and outlines how detention, deportation and workplace raids are contributing to widespread emotional trauma among both immigrant and U.S.-born children.

“Psychiatry, as both a clinical discipline and a social institution, cannot remain on the periphery,” the authors wrote. “The current moment calls for a reexamination of how structural and intergenerational trauma are diagnosed, understood, and treated.”

The study details how children experience chronic anxiety, d

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