"These investments will address major sources of emissions from port infrastructure and the ships and trucks and trains that serve ports while also cleaning up the air that nearby communities breathe."
"Now is not the time to score political points. We must work together to improve our asylum system and border policies."
"The number of kids in Border Patrol custody has fallen dramatically in recent weeks, and the average time for children in custody is now well under the 72-hour threshold mandated by the Trafficking Vi..."
"I have heard a number of my colleagues urge the current administration to reimpose policies incredibly harmful to children--particularly unaccompanied children--like expelling kids under Title 42."
"The challenge posed by children arriving at our border is not new."
"While CBP processing facilities are no place for children, the facility conditions have improved tremendously compared to what I saw under the previous administration."
"I am encouraged that President Biden committed to reinstitute humane border policies."
"This is unconscionable and we cannot go back."
"I toured the Donna Processing Facility where many of the children are held until they are transferred to HHS care."
"Now is not the time to score political points; we must work together to improve our asylum system and border policies--and do so respecting the humanity and unique needs of child migrants."
"The increased number of child migrants is certainly a challenge, but the U.S. Government must provide these children with protections guaranteed to them under law."