As a nation, we are so much better than that.

To be clear, what happened to these children should never happen in this country.

The bottom line is this: This administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border--and the unmitigated chaos that it unleashed--has likely left scars that may never heal.

I support keeping families together. Last summer, I voted to ban family separation, and I strongly believe that children should not be separated from their parents, period.

I think that you agree that family separations inflicted lasting trauma on thousands of children and families.

These are real kids. These are real families who were forcibly torn apart and they were kept apart by our Government.

We have inflicted additional trauma on each and every one of those children.

Additional steps required to fingerprint all household members has had an impact on timely release of UAC without demonstrating benefit to the safety of children after they're released from ORR care.

The bottom line is the administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border, and the chaos it unleashed, has left scars that will never heal.

We are not a nation that rips families apart, and we need to stop this for once and for all and get these kids back with their parents.

I am disappointed he declined our request to testify.

Today we take a look at the Trump administration's ill-conceived and, frankly, shameful family separation policy that led to thousands of children being separated from their parents at the border.

We will take your children if you come into our country. We will take your children.

And that includes intense fear, helplessness, and vulnerability.

Part of the failure of this administration's tragic separation policy was not only its cruelty, but its incompetent implementation.

It was heartbreaking. I'll never forget what I saw that day.

It burdened discharge rate more than it benefitted safety.

it was Judge Sabraw, who I actually practiced law with a long time ago.