Three Congressional members have penned a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly asking he reconsider his plan that would separate children from their parents at the border.
Three Congressional members have penned a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly asking he reconsider his plan that would separate children from their parents at the border.
The letter, submitted today, is signed by U.S. Reps. Filemon Vela, Bennie G. Thompson and Donald M. Payne Jr., all Democrats.
Trying to ‘discourage’ people fleeing violence and extreme poverty from seeking safety in the U.S. by threatening to take their children away from them is unconscionable,” a portion of the letter reads.
Kelly has a said such a move would be a broader effort to discourage families from making the dangerous trip from Mexico to the United States.
“I would do almost anything to deter the people from Central America getting on this very, very dangerous network … going through Mexico,” Kelly said during a television interview, The Associated Press reported.
