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Madam Chair, I think it is important for us to clarify when we talk about ``unaccompanied children'' whom the administration is labeling an ``unaccompanied child.'' If a child comes with their grandmother, they are deemed unaccompanied. If…
Madam Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
This is not about resources. And to prove it, one only needs to look at what El Paso, Texas, has done without any.
It is unnecessary to separate children from their families.
This is a manufactured crisis because cruelty--because the cruelty is manufactured.
Children should not be separated from their mothers or fathers unless there is a true need for it.
Anyone in the custody of our government, especially a child, must be treated humanely and with respect.
Zero tolerance was interpreted as the policy that separated children from their parents?
These policies have created the humanitarian crisis and a moral one.
Our children are the living messengers we send to a future we will never see.
We've seen severe overcrowding in Border Patrol processing centers that is so inhumane that the DHS Office of the Inspector General described it as dangerous because it represents an immediate risk to agents and migrants alike.
We had heard reports that there were hundreds of people in the El Paso border station.
Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF…
Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, as millions of Americans watched in horror, our country was attacked. Thousands of people courageously stepped up, left their homes and families, and answered the call to respond to a nation in need…
I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator…
I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator…
Madam President, first, let me thank my friend from Missouri for what he and Senator Stabenow are trying to do on mental health. I know some States were included and other States were not, so I support that aspect of what he was talking…