[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 105 (Friday, June 22, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ISSUES OF IMMIGRATION

  (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, I want to enter into the Record two 
haunting stories from migrant mothers reported this month.
  The first, ``Don't take my child away,'' said a mother, and her child 
started screaming and vomiting and crying hysterically. And she asked 
the officers, ``Can I at least have 5 minutes to console her?'' They 
declined.
  And next, another mother set her 2-year-old daughter down and an 
agent began to run gloved hands across her body. Immediately, the girl 
began to scream. It all happened so quickly, and the girl's despair was 
so complete in those few seconds. She would be taken from her mother 
when the van reached its destination.
  There are more than 2,300 similarly heartbreaking and unimaginable 
stories.
  The Trump administration cannot undo the trauma and terror they have 
caused, but they must immediately outline their plan to reunite these 
loved ones.

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