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ICE policies leave overburdened foster-care system in their wake

November 17, 2011 (1 min read)

"A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system." - San Antonio Current, Nov. 16, 2011.