Bennie Thompson: “Donald Trump, as always, has said the quiet part out loud when he said immigrants, and I quote, "are poisoning the blood…”

essentially turning them into 'jails,' which the Mississippi Democrat says would constitute a misuse of the facilities.

I want to help my colleague out on the other side. Everybody in this country knows that Donald Trump is running everything. Nothing happens in Washington without Donald Trump's approval. Legislation is not passed unless he agrees with it…

If my Republican colleagues are worried about migrant children, I encourage them to look at policy solutions and to engage on a bipartisan bill, such as the Senate bipartisan border bill, where we can make real change. I encourage the…

This unlawful policy is a smokescreen to deny Member visits to ICE offices across the country, which are holding migrants – and sometimes even U.S. citizens – for days at a time.