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Collecting Migrant Children’s DNA: A Troubling, but Predictable, Trend in the U.S.

Recent reports reveal that the U.S. government is systematically collecting DNA from migrant children, some as young as 4 years old, and storing it (perhaps indefinitely) in the FBI’s national...
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It’s Unethical to Use Dental X-Rays to Send Migrant Children to Adult Detention Facilities

The U.S. government is using dental scans to determine if migrant youths are over age 18. The scans are inaccurate for this purpose, and yet they determine if children are sent to adult detention centers.
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What Are the Rules for Ethical Medication of Migrant Kids?

Reports that migrant children held by the Office of Refugee Resettlement are being drugged require an immediate and unambiguous response by the Trump administration. According to court filings, the drugs that...
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