[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 10, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REUNITE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, a Federal court has ordered the Trump 
administration to reunite every child under 5 years old who is 
separated from his or her family by today. Unfortunately, the Trump 
administration has no plan for family reunifications and will fail to 
reunite as many as half of those children who were taken from their 
parents. This is completely unacceptable.
  Last week I visited some of those young children, one who looked 
about 6 months old and many who were 3 and 4. At the facility I 
visited, caseworkers there were calling detention facilities around the 
country to locate those parents. They had to call the facilities to try 
to find the parents. Many of them did.
  But it is clear that the administration had no plan other than to 
separate these kids from their parents as a tactic to try to dissuade 
people who are seeking shelter from violence from coming to the United 
States. Shame on them.
  This will be a dark period in our history. It is a sad day.

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