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FRONTLINE: Kids Caught In The Crackdown

This photograph shows children held at the Homestead Shelter in Homestead, Fla. In "Kids Caught in the Crackdown," FRONTLINE and The Associated Press expose the traumatic stories of migrant children detained under Trump's immigration policies.
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This photograph shows children held at the Homestead Shelter in Homestead, Fla. In "Kids Caught in the Crackdown," FRONTLINE and The Associated Press expose the traumatic stories of migrant children detained under Trump's immigration policies.

Airs Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, March 12 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

On "Kids Caught In The Crackdown," FRONTLINE exposes the traumatic stories of migrant children detained under Trump’s immigration policies.

This investigation with The Associated Press uncovers the widespread consequences — and business — of the mass confinement of migrant children.

Inside a Shelter Holding Detained Migrant Kids

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