Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Senator Merkley ultimately utilized much of my memo in a report on the destruction of the asylum program."

"The President wants this as a political issue. He's not about to start solving the problem."

"The real President Trump is the one who is, has this underlying strategy of inflicting trauma on refugees, on children to discourage immigration. And that is just a dark and evil policy that we need t..."

"It just re-evokes the factors that we saw in spades with the administration down on the border, ripping children out of their parents' arms."