Sen. Merkley Demands Answers on Long-Term Detention of Children
September 04, 2019
September 04, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
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- By threatening to share information with ICE, the Trump administration has created a shortage of sponsors who can take migrant children into their homes--leaving children locked up in restrictive detention facilities instead.
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Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley today demanded answers on a shortage of sponsors to take in children who are awaiting asylu . . .
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- By threatening to share information with ICE, the Trump administration has created a shortage of sponsors who can take migrant children into their homes--leaving children locked up in restrictive detention facilities instead.
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Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley today demanded answers on a shortage of sponsors to take in children who are awaiting asylu . . .