Congressman DeSaulnier’s Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order

Washington, DC – Today,Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order regarding family separations at the border.

"The fact that President Trump used children as a bargaining chip and threw them in jail, while lying and saying he could do nothing about it, is the purest form of evil. After reversing course and apparently miraculously receiving the power to make the change, he spat in the face of those same families and chose a different form of punishment – detaining families for even longer periods of time. After fleeing violence and unspeakable conditions, traveling thousands of miles through torturous circumstances, waiting at and being denied at ports of entry in excruciating weather conditions, and leaving everything they know behind, the President finds it fitting to punish these families further. If they had other options, they would not be coming to the United States."

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