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On the recordJuly 18, 2018
this resolution being offered by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle is a partisan political stunt to distract the American people from the crisis created by Donald Trump's zero tolerance policy. Almost 3,000 children were ripped from the arms of their parents and traumatized by the President's cruelty. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee had a closed-door briefing with officials from the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland Security. The American people deserve to hear from these officials in public and under oath. All these officials provided at this briefing--not under oath--was more obstruction and obfuscation. The witness from Immigration and Customs Enforcement even claimed that they ``did not mess up here.'' Separating almost 3,000 children from their parents, not meeting judicially set deadlines for reunifying these children--the trauma continues. Is there anybody in America paying attention to this issue who actually believes there was no mess-up? We need a public hearing to hear from these officials under oath. Donald Trump is weaponizing fear to pursue his anti-immigration agenda, and we are not going to be party to that. We should be focused like laser beams on reuniting the children with their parents.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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