Separating toddlers from their parents does this level of damage

This little girl has been separated from her mother for a month. She is in foster care; her mother is in detention, and is allowed one video call with her child every week. In this call, the toddler will not look at her mother, and cries to be held by the foster parent.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-asylum-seekers-quest-to-get-her-toddler-back

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