{"id":25351,"date":"2026-07-30T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=25351"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:55:53","slug":"the-trump-administration-is-targeting-immigrant-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/the-trump-administration-is-targeting-immigrant-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trump Administration is Targeting Immigrant Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Trump Administration is Targeting Immigrant Children\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dgU-GUc9swo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Jeff Merkley sat down with Shaina Aber, Executive Director of Acacia Center for Justice to understand how the Trump Administration is targeting unaccompanied immigrant children and threatening the legal representation they need to navigate immigration court. 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