Rep. Doggett on Trump Executive Order & GOP Bills: Heartless, Toothless
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 2018
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Rep. Doggett on Trump Executive Order & GOP Bills: Heartless, Toothless
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statement on the cruel Trump policy to separate and detain families seeking asylum and his new executive order:
"President Trump's sudden reversal on family separation shows clearly that no law, no court, no Democrat has prevented him from stopping his horrifying policy. With their silence and double-talk, our Republican colleagues have been his enablers. Clearly, Trump could already have ended his self-imposed wrongdoing as fast as he saluted a North Korean General. Now, he needs to explain how soon these terrified toddlers can be returned into their mother's arms and to apologize for the great pain and child abuse that he has inflicted.
Neither the latest order from the ever-vacillating Trump nor pending House Republican legislation will keep innocent children out of lock-up. Both are heartless and toothless. It is neither just to lower the well-established standards for child welfare nor to keep asylum seekers together with their families on a high speed, one way return ticket without access to legal counsel or a fair hearing. Instead, we must write into law a restriction on Trump's power to promote any further, unjustified family separation."
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