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Detain Them All: Trump's Interpretation of Immigration Law

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Gabe Fleisher
Oct 02, 2025
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Antonia Aguilar Maldonado entered the United States illegally in September 2016, when she was 16 years old.

Like other unaccompanied minors who are caught crossing the border, the El Salvador native was originally placed under the care of the US government before being released to a sponsoring relative.

Over the course of the last nine years, she has cont…

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