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The summer is about to start and it's difficult not to think about the thousands of missing immigrant separated from their parents at the border by ICE. While our children are safe at home getting ready to go to camp, brave the waves or hours of fun, these almost 1,500 Central American kids are all "lost"–basically not able to be traced–to authorities.
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It's a heartbreaking situation for the country, for the Latino community and even more, of course for the families. To be the mother of one of those kids must be excruciating. Maybe more than the reasons that provoked them to leave their country and everything they know.
It's a complex situation and these kids and their families need us. Here is all you need to know to understand what's going on and to help them.