"The mothers could not stop crying," Rep. Jayapal said of migrants being held at a federal detention
All Reps and senators need to go to these retention centers--including the Republican congresspeople!!
06/11/2018 05:39 pm ET
Congresswoman: Migrant Mothers She Met In Detention ‘Have No Idea’ Where Kids Are
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congresswoman-jayapal-visit-migrant-mothers-federal-detention-washington_us_5b1ee291e4b0adfb826ca379
“The mothers could not stop crying,” Rep. Jayapal said of migrants being held at a federal detention center in Washington state.
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Protesters gather outside a federal detention center holding migrant women on June 9 in SeaTac, Washington.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) met with migrant women being held in a federal detention center near Seattle, Washington ― and what she saw was “heartbreaking,” she said.
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“The mothers could not stop crying when they spoke about their children,” the congresswoman said in a statement to media after the visit. “Young girls and boys who were taken from them with no chance to say goodbye and no plan for reunification.”
The congresswoman spent nearly three hours meeting with the 174 women detained there, of more than 200 migrants held there in total. She said that almost all of the women had come to the U.S. seeking asylum ― hailing from 16 countries including Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala and more.
More than one third of the women ― some of whom had been held in detention for over a month ― were mothers who had been separated from their children, some of whom were as young as 1 year old, Jayapal said in her statement. The “vast majority” of the mothers who had been separated from their kids had not spoken to their kids in weeks and “have no idea” where their children are, she said.
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