Supporting Organizations Issue Statements on Family Separation - National Commission on Correctional Health Care
Jul 10, 2018

Supporting Organizations Issue Statements on Family Separation



Several of NCCHC’s supporting organizations have published statements opposing separation of immigrant children from their families, citing long-term harm to mental and physical health. We link to them here.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:
Separating Immigrant Children from their Families

American Academy of Pediatrics:
Statement Opposing Separation of Children and Parents at the Border
Statement on Executive Order on Family Separation

American Psychiatric Association:
Statement Opposing Separation of Children from Parents at the Border

American Psychological Association:
Statement of APA President Regarding the Traumatic Effects of Separating Immigrant Families
Statement of APA President Regarding Executive Order Rescinding Immigrant Family Separation Policy

American Public Health Association:
Separating parents and children at US border is inhumane and sets the stage for a public health crisis

National Association of Social Workers:
NASW says plan to separate undocumented immigrant children from their parents is malicious and unconscionable
NASW takes issue with President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order, demands more coherent, humane policy

 

 

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