Dara Lind reports on immigration, criminal justice and politics for Vox.com. She joined Vox.com three years ago after working for more than for years for America’s Voice, a nonprofit immigration-focused advocacy organization, where she was first a policy and communications associate and later, a senior policy associate. She earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, with distinction, from Yale University.
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Immigrant parents struggle with the future — and try to protect their US-born children from the terrible truth.
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Many immigrants are now afraid to leave their homes for work or school for fear of being arrested and deported. This climate of fear has made children in these familes newly vulnerable to what psychologists call "toxic stress."