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Kim Mukerjee, MD

@kimmukerjee.bsky.social
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Pediatrician. Passionate about immigrant health, primary care, #HealthEquity #SocialJustice #Advocacy #MedSky #MedEd. Dogs. Photography. Humanity. PNW. Nola. Our kids deserve better than this so let’s get to work.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 20/03/2026
A peer-reviewed research published in International Migration Review provides the most comprehensive data on unaccompanied minors in U.S. immigration court in nearly a decade. The findings are deeply troubling. 🧵
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So deeply grateful for your relentless advocacy for these families, for amplifying their stories and humanity, and for calling to an end to the cruel and dangerous practice of family detention. From a pediatrician who knows the harms of detention on children, thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“There’s another young boy I met last time whose name is Liam Nias,” @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social said. “He’s 7, from Honduras, I believe. He reminded me of Liam Ramos, except no one knows this other boy — he’s just unknown and sitting there in this prison.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
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Joaquin Castro Is on a Quest to Get Detained Immigrants Released
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for your tireless efforts to protect families harmed by family detention. Juan needs medical care, safe housing, access to nutrition and a nurturing environment. Detention and deportation without due process is cruel and wrong.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
We must continue to speak out loudly until all children are released from the dangerous and cruel practice of family detention. As pediatricians, we call for immediate release of these children- we know all too well the immediate and longterm harms of detention: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“All children held in immigration detention should be immediately released, and these facilities should be permanently shuttered.” As pediatricians, we are calling for immediate action to protect children from detention and aggressive immigration enforcement actions. Our piece here:
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We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“While Liam has returned home, this traumatic detention experience will forever remain a part of his memory. For the children who remain detained, ongoing, compounding trauma worsens by the day.” Aggressive immigration enforcement is harming children. We must keep speaking up. See our piece below:
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We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“While Liam has returned home, this traumatic detention experience will forever remain a part of his memory. For the children who remain detained, ongoing, compounding trauma worsens by the day.” Aggressive immigration enforcement is harming children. We must keep speaking up. See our piece below:
usatoday.com
We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
As pediatricians, we’re speaking out on the harms of aggressive immigration enforcement and detention on children. Our kids deserve safety and protection. See our piece in USA Today:
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We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Thank you for your continued advocacy for these children, @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social. As pediatricians, we also continue to call out the immediate and longterm harms of detention on kids. Children and families need to be released and these facilities need to be shut down. Our piece out today:
usatoday.com
We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
As pediatricians, we’re speaking out on the harms of aggressive immigration enforcement and detention on children. Our kids deserve safety and protection. See our piece in USA Today:
usatoday.com
We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
While Liam has thankfully left detention, the trauma from his time there will stay with him for a lifetime. Detention is incredibly traumatic and dangerous for children. That it has been inflicted on him as a result of cruel policies is even harder to contend with. All children deserve safety.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The kids are not ok. Read their stories. Look at their drawings. Hear it in their own words. Detention is no place for a child. It is cruel and dangerous. These children and their families deserve safety, dignity and compassion. They should be released immediately.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Pediatricians agree. No amount of time in detention is safe for a child. We need to ensure that these children are released, safe, have access to medical and mental health care, and that no more children have to endure this cruel and dangerous practice.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
Anyone with a heart and soul should agree that children and babies do not belong behind bars. Thousands of kids will carry a lifetime of trauma and PTSD, done in our name, funded by our tax dollars.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Dilley detention center should be shut down immediately. Because of the close-quarter conditions at Dilley, lack of prompt medical response and capacity, and lack of expertise with diseases such as measles, Dilley is not equipped to combat any spread.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Pediatricians have long called out the harms of detention on children. We must continue to be loud and advocate for the end of these cruel practices. No child should ever be detained. Their health and well-being is gravely affected. Children deserve protection and compassion.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.” If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔 Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This is one of the most powerful and heartbreaking things I have seen. These kids are hurting. Immigration enforcement has forever changed their childhood. We must protect children from policies that harm them, their families and the communities they live in. Children deserve safety and compassion.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
25% of children in the US live with at least one immigrant parent. That’s 25% of our nation’s children living in fear of the impact of immigration enforcement on their families. We must do better for kids.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Thank you for your incredible work and advocacy to bring attention to the harms of child detention, @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social. It’s a huge relief that Liam will be released. Let’s keep going to get all kids out and shut down family detention all together. It is far too dangerous for kids.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
No child should ever been detained. We have clear policy on this in pediatrics because we know the acute and longterm harms.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Immigration enforcement should never come at the cost of the health, safety or dignity of children.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Liam needs urgent medical care. No child should ever be detained. He is manifesting many signs of physical and emotional distress. Pediatricians have long been clear: no amount of detention is ever safe for a child. End family detention now.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Liam needs urgent access to medical care. No child should be detained. Pediatricians and child advocates have been sounding the alarm for years: detention is dangerous and puts the lives and health of kids at risk.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thank you for this critical oversight, Congresswoman @crockett.house.gov. Pediatricians and other child health advocates stand with you and your colleagues to end this inhumane treatment of children. No amount of time is safe for children in detention. None. This must end now.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
No amount of time is safe for children in detention. Pediatricians and child advocates know the harms and fear deeply for Liam and all children being detained. Thank you Rep @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for this critical oversight. Family detention must end.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is a must-watch from @maddow.bsky.social. Pediatricians have been sounding the alarm for years- there is no amount of time in detention that is safe for a child. Absolutely none. The short and longterm impacts to their health and mental health are innumerable. Family detention must end. NOW.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Yes, this. The narrative is starting to shift. People are seeing the harrowing impacts of these actions on kids. On peaceful protestors whose goodness resonates and shines brightly in the darkness. One of the most powerful forms of resistance we have is to steadfastly preserve our shared humanity.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is a must-watch from @maddow.bsky.social. Pediatricians have been sounding the alarm for years- there is no amount of time in detention that is safe for a child. Absolutely none. The short and longterm impacts to their health and mental health are innumerable. Family detention must end. NOW.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
No amount of time in detention is safe for a child.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
NEW: Another declaration you have to read! Alex Pretti was shot near the apartment of a doctor, who saw the shooting occur and rushed to provide emergency aid as he lay dying on the street. They describe what they saw: "The victim had at least three bullet holes in his back."
declare as follows:
1. 1 am a 29-year-old resident of the in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I have lived in Minneapolis since 2024, when I moved to the city to begin my medical residency. I am a licensed pediatrician, and I have been practicing pediatric medicine in the city since I moved here.
2. On January 24, 2026, at approximately 9:00 am CST, I was awoken by the sound of cars honking and whistles blowing. Shortly after I awoke, I heard screaming from outside my window. I ICE agents and civilians yelling at each other. saw several
3. One civilian was standing in front of a parked car on the side of the road.
I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind.
4. Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground. My view of the altercation was partially obstructed, but after a few seconds, I saw at least four ICE agents point guns at the man. I then saw the agents shoot the man at least six or seven times.
5. Initially, I was stunned. From what I could see from my apartment, there was absolutely no need for any violence, let alone lethal force by multiple officers. I immediately put on my boots and coat, ran outside, and approached ICE agents who were near the victim.6. The scene was chaotic. Many civilians were screaming and honking. Over the noise, I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim.
7. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. They repeatedly asked me for my physician's license, which I obviously didn't have. But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, and I could tell that the victim was in critical condition. I insisted that the agents let me assess him. Normally, I would not have been so persistent, but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him.
8. Finally, one agent agreed to let me assess the victim. He patted me down to "make sure I didn't have a weapon" and then let me approach the victim.
9. As I approached, I saw that the victim was lying on his side and was surrounded by several ICE agents. I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.
10.I asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know. I then asked the agents to make space so I could assess the victim.CASE 0:25-cv-04669-KMM-DTS
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11. The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back. I asked the ICE agents to turn the victim from his side to his back. From that position, I saw an additional gunshot wound on the victim's upper left chest and another possible gunshot wound on his neck.
12. I checked for a pulse, but I did not feel one. I immediately began CPR. Shortly after I started compressions, EMS personnel arrived and took over.
13.I remained at the scene for about five more minutes, but protesters began to gather and the situation seemed to be escalating, so I left and returned to my apartment.
14. When I returned to my apartment, I was extremely distraught. I was sobbing and shaking uncontrollably. Eventually, I called my sister, who lives in a nearby suburb. I called her for comfort and because I did not feel safe in my apartment; I wanted to see if I could stay with her for the day and maybe even a few days.
15.I also sought advice from a friend who works for the City of Minneapolis.
He recommended that I shelter in place because the situation outside my apartment was so dangerous. I was going to follow his advice, but then ICE agents deployed tear gas on the crowd that had gathered below, and the tear gas began seeping into my apartment.16. At that point, I did not feel like I could stay in my apartment any longer. I packed an overnight bag, took the elevator down to the parking garage, and drove about six blocks to a friend's house. I was still crying and shaking at this point, and I was barely able to speak. I drove to my friend's house because it was close, and I wanted time to collect myself before driving 30 minutes to my sister's house.
17.I am devastated by the killing of a Minnesotan by multiple federal immigration agents. From what I could tell, the victim was not actively threatening ICE agents or the public he was just yelling at the agents because he objected to ICE's presence in our city. A person should not be shot and killed for lawfully expressing their opinions.
18.I am not sure when I will return to my apartment. I do not feel safe in my city. In less than one month, ICE agents have shot and killed two people for protesting and observing their actions. I worry that I or someone I love will be shot and killed for voicing their displeasure and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We’re clear: these raids must stop.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“if you’re silent you’re not gonna make a difference.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/01/2026
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
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US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order Federal immigration agents detained a two-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis on Thursday and transported them to Texas, according to court records and the family’s lawyers. The father, identified in court filings as Elvis Joel TE, and his daughter were stopped and detained by officers around 1pm when they were returning home from the store. By the evening, a federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. But federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center. Continue reading...
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Detention is no place for a child. Family separation and detention cause innumerable harm and lifelong trauma in children. Policies that place children in harms way must immediately end.
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father. They remain in a Texas immigration detention center. The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention center
Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Friday, Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
If this doesn’t shake the conscience of the soul of this nation, I don’t know what will.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Family separation is a child health issue. Family detention is a child health issue. Immigration enforcement is a child health issue. These tactics are harming children with a lifetime of trauma.
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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Pediatricians across the country are seeing the devastating impact of family separation on children every day. Discussing guardianship planning is now part of our anticipatory guidance counseling during clinic visits for immigrant families- a heartbreaking reality of what this country has become.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s HHS announcement about the childhood immunization schedule: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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Jennifer Chen, MD FAAP @drjenchen4kids.medsky.social · 28/11/2025
#HCWvsHunger Day2: Respect to #DiagnoseAndTreats for passing $20K but #KidVengers is hustling too! Let’s go @kidsdoc1.bsky.social @urbanedoc4kids.bsky.social @pediadocjoey.bsky.social @drericball.bsky.social @readiatrician.bsky.social @pediatricskc.medsky.social @snarkypeds.medsky.social
HCWvsHunger leaderboard as of 11/28 10 AM PST
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/11/2025
It should be that simple.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/h... #SNAP #shutdown #hunger
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National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters | CNN
Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held steady at nearly 1,000 calls per day.
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