"There is no need for us to arrest innocent people and treat them no differently than criminals."
"This is not about resources. And to prove it, one only needs to look at what El Paso, Texas, has done without any."
"And so I looked at this memo, and it seems like this is the source of it, and it seems as though, Mr. Homan, that you are the author."
"These policies have created the humanitarian crisis and a moral one."
"We had no other choice, and very quickly thereafter, we learned that children were being moved out of the facility in the hundreds and that CBP was releasing thousands of children."
"Our children are the living messengers we send to a future we will never see."
"We've seen severe overcrowding in Border Patrol processing centers that is so inhumane that the DHS Office of the Inspector General described it as dangerous because it represents an immediate risk to..."
"Zero tolerance was interpreted as the policy that separated children from their parents?"
"Seeking asylum is legal."
"Anyone in the custody of our government, especially a child, must be treated humanely and with respect."
"Children should not be separated from their mothers or fathers unless there is a true need for it."