Chuck Schumer, the Senate's top Democrat, displayed a poster-sized enlargement of the photo during the Senate debate."Her head tucked in a shirt. Her arm draped around his neck. They are holding on to each other," Schumer said. "These are not drug dealers or vagrants or criminals. They are simply people fleeing a horrible situation in their home co...
Chuck Schumer, the Senate's top Democrat, displayed a poster-sized enlargement of the photo during the Senate debate.
"Her head tucked in a shirt. Her arm draped around his neck. They are holding on to each other," Schumer said.
"These are not drug dealers or vagrants or criminals. They are simply people fleeing a horrible situation in their home country for a better life," he said.
The Senate bill is a "temporary solution to address the most urgent issues," said Senator Patrick Leahy, the senior Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee which wrote the Senate bill. "This is not a partisan issue, taking care of children. We should all agree on that."
Neither the House nor the Senate bill includes funding for more ICE detention beds that Trump has requested.
"The president's predilection to turn to mass detention is horrible and cruel. It's also a waste of taxpayer money," Leahy said.
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