12/08/2015
https://congress.gov...
"We may apprehend as many as 90,000 kids during the current fiscal year, and they have overwhelmed our resources to cope with them."
"The journey to the United States is extremely dangerous, and along the way these children could be raped, they could be killed, maimed, become victims of trafficking, extorted."
"this isn't a policy, it is the law, and has been the law since 1997 when we had the Flores case settled."
"This is a regional catastrophe, and the United States is not the only country experiencing an increase in the number of young people fleeing from these countries seeking protection."