'You will never see your children again-Families don't exist here-You won't have a family anymore.'

[kpete]

@RepJayapal

What I heard from the women being held at the federal detention facility today was saddening and disturbing. They cried so much.

Every asylum-seeker should be immediately released, reunited with their children and connected to legal services. Anything less is cruel and barbaric.

A quote from @RepJayapal's story that continues to haunt me:

"Some of [the mothers] heard their children screaming for them in the next room. Not a single one of them had been allowed to say goodbye or explain to them what was happening.”

Another quote from @RepJayapal I can't get out of my head:

"One woman said ‘I want to be with my children’ and the Border Patrol agent said: ‘You will never see your children again. Families don’t exist here. You won’t have a family anymore.’ ”

MORE:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/10/mothers-could-not-stop-crying-officials-blast-trump-policy-after-visiting-detained-immigrants/?utm_term=.e6852441a614

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[Arkansas Granny]

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