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An undocumented mother and her U.S. citizen children were released from a Texas immigration detention facility this week following several weeks of custody, highlighting a shift in enforcement priorities under the Trump administration's expanded crackdown on migration. Despite the administration’s stated objective of targeting violent criminals and high-threat individuals, the family was detained and held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) residential center despite having no prior criminal records. The mother, speaking with Lisa Desjardins, described the psychological and physical toll the confinement took on her children, who are legal citizens of the United States but were kept alongside their mother in a secure environment. The case underscores a growing controversy regarding the federal government's "zero-tolerance" approach, which has increasingly ensnared non-violent families and long-term residents. Advocates argue that the detention of American minor children, even when accompanied by a parent, violates basic civil protections and causes lasting trauma. During the several weeks of their incarceration, the family was subjected to the same restrictive protocols as those with criminal backgrounds, illustrating how the current enforcement net has widened beyond its initial focus on the "worst of the worst." Legal experts and human rights organizations are now questioning the ethics and legality of housing U.S. citizens within the immigration detention system. While the administration maintains that these measures are necessary for border security and to deter illegal immigration, the personal accounts of those detained reveal a complex reality where the lines between law enforcement and family separation become blurred. The family’s release comes amid mounting political pressure to reform how ICE handles mixed-status families, where some members are citizens and others are not, especially when no public safety threat is present.