Political Quotes

“I rise today to reintroduce legislation that will finally put an end to the separation of families at our southern border. I have believed from the outset that the administration was wrong to pursue a zero tolerance policy of family separation, which is cruel and detrimental to children and parents alike. The President claimed to end this policy in June by executive order, but we have learned that the practice of separating families continues today. In fact, the separations may have been broader in scope than we previously knew. Last year, the American people were rightly horrified when thousands of children, including babies and toddlers, were taken from their parents, to be separated for weeks and months. Dozens of these children spent days and weeks in cages with nothing but thin mats and aluminum blankets. In response, people from all walks of life--Republicans, Democrats, clergy, the medical community, business leaders, labor organizers-- stood up and said, ``enough is enough.'' Average Americans spoke out, marched, and called their members of Congress pleading for us to stand up to the President and demand he reverse his policy. But we still may not know the full scope of the harm that was caused. We still do not know just how many families were torn apart as a result of the zero tolerance policy. Litigation has identified over 2,700 children who were separated from their parents by DHS, including nearly 100 children under the age of 5.…”