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Children of the Undocumented Find Themselves in the Cracks of Int'l Law

By Deanna Darr

Boise Weekly | August 1, 2008

Mention the word "immigration" and you feel a tremor as the ideological split creates a chasm, widened by raw emotions. But there are those who end up at the bottom of that chasm through no fault of their own. They are children, United States citizens, who live with the very real possibility of being separated from their parents who are here illegally.

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Tags: Immigration, deportation, children & families, undocumented immigrants

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