On the recordMarch 14, 2018
Last month, all 12 Democrats on this committee and 63 other Democratic colleagues sent a letter to Secretary Nielsen asking her to halt the practice of separating migrant parents from their children.
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congress.govFilemon Vela: “Last month, all 12 Democrats on this committee and 63 other Democratic colleagues sent a letter to Secretary Nielsen…”
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Opposition to the separation of migrant families at the border.
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Jul 23, 2018
As I stated on the day this deployment was announced, this is a horrendous idea.
May 21, 2018
I worry that there are no reliable mechanisms in place to ensure that families can be reunified later.
Feb 3, 2019
the idea that we're at a place in this country where there are people that think we should make it more difficult to vote when we should be doing the exact opposite is just striking, and it's unfortunate.
May 21, 2018
This is not who we are as a country. Our legacy--and the future we hope to leave to our children--call on us to be a Nation that welcomes and defends the rights of the most vulnerable among us.
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