Alex Padilla: “I thank Senator Feinstein for introducing this legislation with me in the Senate.”

This catastrophe is entirely of Donald Trump’s making.

We are very concerned that delaying the CIG project pipeline, while advancing only the Utah project, is potentially rooted in partisan political considerations, which could further violate statutory requirements.

For these reasons and our deep concern regarding the treatment and protection of unaccompanied children, we call for an independent, timely, transparent, and public investigation at both the state and federal level into this award.

Despite these statutory protections, ORR has nevertheless taken drastic steps to gut legal representation for children.