Tens of thousands of children in the Houston area are affected by the country’s immigration policies, according to a new analysis by the Migration Policy Institute , a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C.

The Migration Policy Institute estimates that 70,000 school-aged children in Fort Bend, Harris and Montgomery counties are without legal status, and 283,000 parents of minor children are at risk of deportation.

The report also found that Texas ranks second in the country for the number of children impacted by immigration enforcement, with nearly 1 million children across the state living with a parent who is in the United States without legal status.

“These are children of all statuses. Some are U.S. born. Some are immigrants,” said Valerie Lecarte, a senior policy analys

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