[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REFORM OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

  (Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL. Mr. Speaker, today we mark 1 year since former 
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly led the Trump administration in 
implementing the cruel policy of separating families at the border and 
criminalizing refugees and asylum seekers.
  After John Kelly left the administration, he joined the board of 
Caliburn days before HHS awarded Caliburn a $341 million no-bid 
contract to keep detaining migrant children in Homestead, Florida. In 
doing so, this administration is compounding cruelty with corruption.
  While the zero-tolerance family separation policy may have ended, it 
has caused chaos and irreparable harm to our community. We can and we 
must do better.
  We have to reform our broken immigration system and recognize that 
seeking asylum is legal. We must reunify families, and treat migrants 
searching for a better life in our country with the dignity that they 
deserve.

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