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Today I was in Homestead, Florida for an oversight visit of the child prison that @realdonaldtrump is working to expand to an unfathomable 2,350 CHILDREN.
It was absolutely chilling to see so many children locked up in prison camps. They should be in homes, playgrounds, and schools!
I will never forget speaking directly with some of the children who are being held here, and hearing about their hopes and fears for their futures.
We should be doing everything we can to ensure that these children are placed with families and can await their asylum hearings in an appropriate setting—NEVER in prison camps.
Congress cannot stand idly by while children are imprisoned in Americans’ names, using our taxpayer dollars. The House and Senate should pass the Shut Down Child Prison Camps Act and insist that Homestead be closed immediately.
