[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       MIGRANT FAMILY SEPARATION

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with an aching heart for the 
innocent children being ripped from their parents' arms at our Nation's 
borders.
  Families fleeing violence with legitimate claims of asylum are having 
their children taken from them thanks to an inhumane policy put in 
place by this administration. Weeping 2- and 3-year-olds have been 
forced onto immigration buses specifically equipped with car seats to 
be held in overcrowded cages, a crisis of this President's own making.
  What kind of a country tears hundreds, if not thousands of families 
apart, inflicting trauma on the young and vulnerable? What happened to 
``give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses''? What happened 
to America being a beacon of hope?
  This zero tolerance policy betrays our core values, and it must stop 
immediately. I have joined my friend and colleague, Congresswoman 
DeLauro, as a cosponsor of her resolution condemning this policy, and I 
call on the administration to halt this horrendous practice and 
exercise some compassion for those who need it most.

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