Our reporting found at least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign.

To better understand the chemicals’ effects on children, we spoke with an activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma in 1965.
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At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.

At least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign. Charles Mauldin, a civil rights activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma, warns them to get mental health support.

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