The repressive immigration measures of Donald Trump's government have left, among other consequences, the painful mark that more than 145,000 American children have suffered the detention of one of their parents, and some 22,000 have experienced the detention of both.

This is according to a report by the Brookings Institution published Monday, which specifically establishes that since Trump's return to the White House in January 2025, a total of 146,635 minors have been affected by the Republican's immigration policies.

Of that total, 36.5 percent are children under six years of age, 36.1 percent are between six and 12 years old, and the remainder are between 13 and 17.

The study indicates that the nationality of the detained parents is largely Mexican, accounting for up to 53.7 percent of the total, followed by Guatemala and Honduras, with 15 percent and 10.7 percent, respectively.

The New York Times recalled that the findings point to a scale of family separations that far eclipses that of the "zero tolerance" policy of Trump's first administration in 2018, when approximately 5,500 children were separated from their parents immediately after crossing the southern border.