family reunification

Congresswoman Waters: The Trump Administration Must Face Consequences for Violating Court Orders to Reunify Families

August 16, 2018

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s failure to meet the court-ordered deadlines to reunite children with their parents. As of August 10, 500 children remain separated from their parents.

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Civil Rights Leaders Slam Trump Administration’s Policy of Separating Children from Their Families at Southern U.S. Border, Demand End to Devastating Policy

Sentinel News ServiceJune 21, 2018

From October 2017 to May 2018, more than 2,700 children have been separated from their parents and the rate of those separations have risen alarmingly—in the past six weeks alone, at least 1,995 children have been taken from their parents and placed in shelter facilities that are already nearing capacity

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Rep. Bass Joins More Than 100 Members In Introducing The Keep Families Together Act of 2018

Sentinel News ServiceJune 21, 2018

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) joined more than 100 of her colleagues in introducing the Keep Families Together Act of 2018 in response to the Trump administration’s insidious practice of family separation.