[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 188 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





    CONDEMNING THE USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS ON UNARMED ASYLUM SEEKERS

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 29, 2018

  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, the cruelty, 
heartlessness and failure of the Trump administration immigration 
policy have reached a new low point with the reprehensible use of 
chemical agents against unarmed asylum seekers including children. The 
unilateral, unlawful policy requires those seeking asylum in the U.S. 
to remain in Mexico after adding their names to an interminable waiting 
list facing deteriorating living conditions in what increasingly have 
come to resemble detention camps. The use of violence and fear to deter 
legal asylum applications ignores the real social, political and 
economic forces driving emigration and the role of current and 
historical U.S. foreign and economic policies in creating those 
conditions. A nation of immigrants such as the United States deserves, 
demands, a policy collectively-negotiated with our neighbors grounded 
in democracy and human rights and dedicated to mutual social and 
economic development.

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