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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Trump Executive Order on Separation of Families: “Merely Exchanging One Type Of Child Trauma For Another”

June 20, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to President Trump's executive order:

"After days of claiming to be powerless to end the crisis his administration created, President Trump has now admitted that he has the ability to reverse the horrific policy of family separation, but the President's executive order will not end the trauma facing thousands of families. Instead, it will allow for the indefinite detention of families and young children in tent cities and detention centers costing the American taxpayer millions, if not billions, of dollars. Indefinite detention for months or years in 100-degree heat under deplorable conditions will only continue the trauma that has already afflicted these children and their families. Additionally, there is no evidence that this Administration is prepared to handle the huge increase in family detention or that immigration authorities have the capacity to hold the thousands of people who have already had their lives ripped away. Finally, the order does not explain how children already in detention will be reunited with their families. This order is merely exchanging one type of child trauma for another."