Arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children

By: Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 2,715

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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This article first appeared on KFF Health News.

LOS ANGELES — Damian Zermeño, 15, sensed something was wrong the moment he got home from school.

His aunt sat at the dining table, sobbing. His father, who’d walked him to the bus stop that morning and promised to take him to dinner when he got back, wasn’t there.

Saúl Zermeño, a 45-year-old single dad, had gone to a routine check-in appointment at an Immigration …

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