Congressman DeSaulnier Releases Update on Status of Separated Children Held in Pleasant Hill
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) released the following statement after receiving an update from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the status of the two migrant girls who were separated from their families and held at a Pleasant Hill children's shelter.
"I was informed by HHS that the two young girls who were separated from their parents and held at a children's shelter in Pleasant Hill were reunited with their families within the last five days. While today is the deadline for the federal government to reunify all remaining families, 900 more parents have been deemed ineligible—many with a chance of never seeing their children again.
"After visiting the U.S.-Mexico border last week and witnessing mass deportations, I was saddened, shocked, and appalled. This is not the America I know that strives to live by the motto inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: ‘give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.' Trump's vision of America disgraces our country and erodes our values with its unethical, immoral, and illegal policies."
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