Arrests of Immigrant Parents Create Mental Health Crisis for Children ^16.5%

KFF Health News - By Claudia Boyd-Barrett - 6/18/2026, 9:00 AM

Appeal to Emotion 27.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.4% - Negativity Bias 12.4%

LOS ANGELES — Damian Zermeño, 15, sensed something was wrong the moment he got home from school. His aunt sat at the dining table, sobbing. His father, who’d walked him to the bus stop that morning and promised to take him to dinner when he got back, wasn’t there. Saúl Zermeño, a 45-year-old single dad, had gone to a routine check-in... more