The US government should cover mental health treatment costs for immigrant children who officials separated from their parents, a new lawsuit argues.
The trauma the children and their families experienced, the suit argues, "was life altering and it will continue to affect their mental and emotional well-being for years to come."
The suit, which was filed Wednesday in US District Court in Massachusetts, comes as officials continue efforts to comply with a California federal court's order to reunite families the government separated, including some families who were split up before the zero-tolerance began.
The head of the American Academy of Pediatrics told CNN in June that the policy amounted to "nothing less than government-sanctioned child abuse".
"It's creating a whole generation of kids who are traumatized," Dr. Colleen Kraft said.
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