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For decades, detaining undocumented immigrant #families has been a contentious enforcement tactic. Critics of “family detention” have said young #children suffer in #confinement. Proponents say that locking #families up while they await likely #deportation sends a *stark message* about the consequences of entering the United States illegally [#TheCrueltyIsThePoint].

Now, after falling out of use under #Biden, family #detention is being resurrected by #Trump.

#Families have begun to arrive in recent days at a #detention facility in South #Texas, & #immigration lawyers are expecting more to be brought in the coming days. A second detention center…is being readied for families.

Each of the facilities is being set up to hold thousands of people. At one site, lawyers say, multiple families are being detained in rooms with 4 to 8 bunk beds & shared bathroom facilities.