There is no mandate in the law requiring border agents to separate migrant children from their parents, but the Trump Administration continues playing games, ignoring public outcry, and refusing to end this awful policy.
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Innocent children who are being detained at the border, including babies and toddlers, are going through unthinkable trauma as a result of being separated from their parents. Hearing their cries breaks my heart. https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy ….
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It’s shameful that some Republicans in Washington would rather use these kids as political pawns to push their own agenda instead of doing what’s right and true to our values as Americans to keep these families together.
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Members of Congress from both parties must act. I’m planning to co-sponsor a bill tonight to end the Trump Administration's brutal policy and
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@RepJackyRosen This has been policy since 1997 and used by both bush and obama. The kids cages we're the last Administrations. Why this issue now, when the IG has hearings on government corruption? Is this just a shiny squirrel being waved to divert attention from the hearings?pic.twitter.com/uvCL522oOp
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