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On the recordJune 21, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. This rule makes in order H.R. 4760, the so-called Securing America's Future Act, and two amendments in the legislation. Before I speak on the legislation, let us consider why we are here today. President Trump has created immigration crisis after immigration crisis. President Trump is the reason Dreamers are at risk of deportation. President Trump is the reason families are being separated at our Nation's borders. This is a Trump-manufactured crisis, plain and simple. President Trump's executive order, signed yesterday, does nothing to fix this. His order does nothing to reunite the thousands of children separated from their parents. In fact, his order directs his deportation force to now jail families at the border, which is in direct violation of current court orders. It will lead to more family separation, and the only difference now is that families will wait 20 days before being separated. I want every Member of this body and everyone watching at home to imagine what it must be like. Imagine traveling thousands of miles to flee some of the most dangerous countries in the world, countries with the highest murder rates, and then, when you finally think you are safe, having your child ripped away from you. In 1946 to 1948, during the Truman administration, human experiments were conducted in Guatemala.…
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Norma Torres
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