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.

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.

Zero tolerance was interpreted as the policy that separated children from their parents?

Anyone in the custody of our government, especially a child, must be treated humanely and with respect.

When we were at these facilities, one of the things that I had noticed was that there were these tents in the back with--I mean, they looked like cages, and I know that a lot of the migrants, they call the cold rooms 'hieleras,' and they…

Mr. Homan, your name is on this. Is this correct?

We had heard reports that there were hundreds of people in the El Paso border station.

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 agents and migrants alike.

Our children are the living messengers we send to a future we will never see.

We cannot allow for this.

I just want to commend her and to commend our chairman for having the foresight.

I think there is a reason for that, not only due to the expertise and the courage of our witnesses but thanks to the tireless work of our chairman and the work of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.