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February 27, 2020

Physicians Group Calls U.S. Migrant Family Separations "Torture"
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In immigration news, a new report by Physicians for Human Rights finds
the Trump administration's separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico
border is tantamount to torture. The report studied 17 adults and nine
children separated for about two months under Trump's so-called
zero-tolerance policy, finding people experienced shock, terror and
grief constituting "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment." The report
warns of long-lasting effects of family separations, with people put at
higher risk of anxiety, depression, psychosis and addiction, along with
higher rates of chronic medical conditions like cardiovascular disease
and premature death.


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