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- The administration launched raids on schools and immigrant legal clinics while stripping Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) protections for children.
- It detained 265 and deported 132 SIJS children last year.
- Immigration judges are hearing up to 121 cases per day, prompting lengthy asylum filings.
- Attorneys say mandatory detention rulings and the annual cap of under 10,000 SIJS visas endanger children’s safety and mental health.
