Under Trump, deportations of once-protected immigrant kids have tripled

By: Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: July 8, 2026

Words: 3,378

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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For the first few weeks after he arrived at the immigration detention center in Winnfield, Louisiana, 18-year-old Elder Chavez was wide awake most nights, listening to the creaky sounds of the bunk beds and to voices of dozens of men, also sleepless, around him. He suffered terrible headaches and would finally doze off around 4 a.m. — just when guards would begin to summon the detainees for breakfast. Then he’d sleep for most of the …

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