Sen. Merkley Issues Statement on Homestead Child Prison
August 03, 2019
August 03, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement after news that all remaining children are being moved out of the migrant child prison at Homestead, Florida:
Merkley led the charge in Congress to shut down the child prison, introducing the Shut Down Child Prison Camps Act.
"Bowing to public pressure, the Trump administration has announced that they have moved all unaccompanied children from Homestead, the notorious, for-profit chil . . .
Merkley led the charge in Congress to shut down the child prison, introducing the Shut Down Child Prison Camps Act.
"Bowing to public pressure, the Trump administration has announced that they have moved all unaccompanied children from Homestead, the notorious, for-profit chil . . .