“The images and news reports have brought tears to our eyes – and our blood to a boil. We’ve seen crying children separated from their parents and housed in abandoned stores with no one there to hold them and tell them that everything will be alright. We’ve heard their piercing wails as they beg the authorities to reunite them with their mom and dad. For these kids, the confusion and loneliness and the aching for their family must be unbearable, especially when they are sleeping on the floor on thin mattresses in a strange place hundreds of miles from home.

“It’s hard to believe this is happening right here in America. Our country is a nation of immigrants, and I reject any attempt to crack down on desperate people fleeing unimaginable circumstances who are trying to save the lives of their families.”