On the recordJune 12, 2019
I thank the gentleman from Maryland. What time is it? 2:30 on the East Coast here. Some little girl on the border of Texas, they don't know where to put her; they don't have a bed for her. The Department of Homeland Security has made this request. They have said they are out of money. They are out of resources. Some little girl who has probably been brought by some trafficker, who has been told to keep her mouth shut or else, has nowhere to be. We are in here talking about reports and everything but providing the resources--not that the President has asked for. I mean, I am sure the President has, at the behest of his Secretary who knows, who is operationally on the ground, who sees the problems as they occur. And because we certainly can't have President Trump have a victory, some poor little girl is crying in a corner somewhere because she has been dragged across the border by some trafficker. We don't even do the biometric test that is required by law. We don't even know, we can't prove that she is with her family. The adult says: You tell them that I am your father. You tell them I am your brother or uncle. You tell them, or else. And what do we do? We just accept it. We accept this trafficker's word for it that this little girl belongs with him. It is unacceptable.
