On the recordJuly 11, 2018
As you know, many of us in Congress and the Nation are working hard to reunite children with their parents. Family reunification should be a time of joy, but, sadly, that is not always the case. One mother waited for 4 months to wrap her arms around her little boy. Another mother waited 3 months. These should be moments of joy, yet, when the children did not recognize their parents, this became a troubling situation. As a father of four, I know what it is to be loved by your children. As a father of four, I know what that parent-child relationship is like. To have children that fail to recognize you after a number of months because you haven't seen them, well, that is just not right. The separation of immigrants from their children is just unconstitutional, un-American, and simply wrong, and I demand that all families be united immediately. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding.
