Children
2015
2015-08-19 Trump called for an end to birthright citizenship.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/19/politics/donald-trump-birthright-american-citizenship
2017
2017-01-20 The Trump administration used child separation as a deterrent to asylum seekers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy
2017-05-01 The Criminal Consequence Initiative in Yuma, Arizona prosecuted first-time border crossers and enabled family separations involving children as young as 10 months old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy
2018
2018-05-06 Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed federal prosecutors to immediately adopt a zero-tolerance policy at the border.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45266
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy
2023
2023-11-16 Mike Davis said on the Benny Show, “We’re gonna put kids in cages, it’s going to be glorious. Sieg gulag”.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gonna-put-kids-cages-meet-200752325.html
2024
2024-12-16 A Human Rights Watch report examined the use of family-separation as a deterrent and cited that 1,360 children remained separated from their parents six years later.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/16/us-lasting-harm-family-separation-border
2025 January
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14011 Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families.
2025-01-20 During the inauguration Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde begged for mercy on behalf of immigrants and LGBTQ+ people. Both Fox News and Charlie Kirk condemned Bishop Budde, calling her a “disgrace” and an “embarrassment”. Trump demanded an apology from Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde.
Bishop Budde also received multiple hostile and trolling attacks on social media.
https://x.com/tompawnbadil/status/1882115502061068777
https://x.com/GrahamAllen/status/1881765320890962170
https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1881765967338131546
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOkwPbn-fng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dcp-fJhM6U
2025 February
2025-02-14 The Trump administration rerouted agents from child sex trafficking, drug trafficking, weapon trafficking investigations to focus on immigration enforcement.
https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117980/documents/HHRG-119-GO00-20250305-SD017.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/ice-trump-democrats-letter
2025 August
2025-08-31 In the shroud of night, Kristi Noem ordered ICE agents to load a plane up with Guatemalan children for deportation.
2025 September
2025-09-27 ICE detained 8-year-old Dasha Ramirez and her family while they were at a park outing.
2025 October
2025-10-25 ICE agents deployed tear gas in a park in Chicago near a local children’s Halloween party. During the incident, agents in tactical gear pulled a 67-year-old man out of his car and dragged him in front of children, fracturing his ribs.
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20251118/118692/HMKP-119-JU00-20251118-SD006.pdf
2025 November
2025-11-24 By the end of 2025, ICE placed a record 600 immigrant kids into detention shelters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detentions-immigrant-kids-family-separations
2026 January
2026-01-14 ICE agents deployed flash bangs and tear gas in Minneapolis and hit a vehicle of a family headed home from a basketball game. After the attack, airbags deployed and the vehicle filled with tear gas. A six-month-old went unconscious and stopped breathing.
https://newrepublic.com/post/205376/ice-attack-car-kids-six-month-old-unconscious
2026-01-29 ICE detained 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father at the Dilley, Texas detention center. The child stopped eating, was lethargic, and was going through depression. Reports described poor conditions, medical concerns, and a later measles outbreak. A judge ordered their release in February. The Trump administration said they planned to appeal the release.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/top-ice-official-accuses-father-detained-5-year/story?id=129500186
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/us/liam-ramos-joaquin-castro-visit
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/29/dilley_tx_ice_jail_family_detention
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwynzw7jd4go
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/liam-conejo-ramos-released-ice-custody/
2026 March
2026-03-02 Tennessee moved to pass HB793 and SB 836 to force students to show their papers before enrolling.
https://edtrusttn.org/resource/threats-to-education-for-all/
https://www.aclu-tn.org/legislation/stop-state-lawmakers-bullying-undocumented-kids/
https://www.wsmv.com/2026/03/04/tennessee-undocumented-student-bill-returns-with-amendment-protests/
https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/FM0856.pdf
2026-03-18 Ms. Rachel and other public figures launched a petition calling for closure of the Dilley, Texas ICE detention center after hearing accounts from detained children. Check out her petition on Change.org.
https://www.change.org/p/close-dilley-ice-detention-center-protect-children
https://www.instagram.com/msrachelforlittles
https://www.youtube.com/@msrachel
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/ms-rachel-texas-ice-letter-22160474.php
https://www.chron.com/news/article/dilley-ice-children-videos-22083880.php
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/ms-rachel-ice-dilley-detention-center-accurso/
2026 May
2026-05-07 ICE had arrested the parents of at least 27,000 children during the first seven months of expanded immigration operations, raising concerns about renewed family separation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/08/trump-administration-parents-arrested
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-ice-arrested-parents-least-170854889.html
2026-05-07 An Arizona judge ordered the expedited deportation of the parents of 18-year-old Kimma Gonzalez who has terminal stage-4 colon cancer and had been pleading for months to be reunited with their parents. The parents have been held in ICE custody since mid-April.
2026-05-18 A new report finds that more than 100,000 children in the US have had a parent detained since the Trump administration began its mass deportations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-child-parent-separation-estimates-brookings
2026 June
2026-06-10 An investigation by AP found the Trump administration separated children from their families again in violation of a landmark settlement meant to unite children with their parents.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-family-separation-ice-71a610d15af5207a68f989fcafb55039