Doctors decry plans to detain immigrant kids with parents

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(CNN)Doctors are speaking out against the Trump administration's plans to stop separating immigrant families by instead detaining children with their parents.

That approach, top pediatricians warned Wednesday, replaces one inhumane policy with another.

"It puts these kids at risk for abnormal development," said Dr. Colleen Kraft, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Kraft, who earlier this month condemned the practice of separating families as "government-sanctioned child abuse," said Wednesday that detaining kids with their parents can be just as detrimental to their health ...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/health/immigrant-family-detention-children/index.html