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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Denounces Trump Administration Policy of Separating Children from Their Parents

June 18, 2018

SCHAUMBURG, IL — Congressman Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's ongoing policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border:

"I'm horrified to see the Trump Administration's callous implementation of a policy to systematically separate children from their parents at the border. All the more horrifying is President Trump's own admission that he's backing this policy for political leverage while blaming others for it. Children must never be pawns in political gamesmanship, and their wellbeing should never be treated as fodder for politicians looking to score points, but that is precisely what President Trump and Attorney General Sessions have done through this immoral plan.

I've joined with my colleagues on legislation to end this policy, and I will continue to fight to reunite families because tearing parents from their children is beneath the United States and all civilized people."