The entire premise of this program is completely flawed. The administration for publicity said this is catch and release, that people don't show up to their hearings. But the administration shut down the family case management program.
Merkley criticizes the flawed premise of the government's family separation policy and highlights the administration's misleading statements about asylum seekers.
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