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3. This administration has made a challenging situation MUCH worse by using cruelty as a deterrent, hoping that Central American immigrants will just go away, refusing to see that until we address the root causes of migration, it will only continue to grow;
4. The CBP policy of blocking asylum-seekers is further exacerbating the challenge, creating yet another humanitarian crisis on the other side of our ports of entry where families wait in limbo for their turn in line;
5. Ports of Entry also need investment in both personnel and infrastructure to adequately process the families and the number of people seeking asylum; 6. We need real leadership right now in order to find long-term solutions WITH the countries in the northern triangle;
7. Another wall won't change or fix anything. It will only further divide our country by fueling anti-immigrant hysteria, wasting precious resources for a monument of hate and bigotry -- a symbol of our misplaced and skewed priorities and a lack of understanding of the border.
I'm very grateful to members of the CHC, the leadership of @JoaquinCastrotx, the presence of @repbenraylujan, @CongressmanRuiz, @RepAlGreen, @RepLouCorrea, @NormaJTorres, @RepEspaillat, @RepVeasey, @SenatorSylvia, @ChuyForCongress, @XochforCongress at yesterday's events.
In January, with a House majority & the leadership of @NancyPelosi, we will restore sanity to American public policy-making. The border, her residents, and those who come through here have been targets of this administration and deserve compassion and dignity as a priority.
We need to understand what happened to Jakelyn, as well as the thousands of children who were separated from their families. We must have #JusticeforJakelin, humane comprehensive immigration reform, and smarter border policy that doesn't undermine or betray America's values.
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