As Deadline Approaches for ICE to Release Children from Custody, Sen. Merkley Calls on Administration to Keep Children With Families as They Are Released
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a leading advocate for child asylum seekers in the U.S., released the following statement in advance of a July 17 court-ordered deadline for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release children from custody at family internment camps in Texas and Pennsylvania. While the children must be released this Friday, the Trump administration has not yet committed . . .
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a leading advocate for child asylum seekers in the U.S., released the following statement in advance of a July 17 court-ordered deadline for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release children from custody at family internment camps in Texas and Pennsylvania. While the children must be released this Friday, the Trump administration has not yet committed . . .