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Search results for "Teen dies hours after his parents reunited with him following immigration detention"

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Equity Forward stated on July 23, 2018 in an ad:
Says HHS Secretary Alex Azar called family separations at the border and detention of children in cages "one of the great acts of American generosity and charity" and "is now in charge."
By Miriam Valverde• August 2, 2018
Rachel Maddow stated on June 21, 2018 in in a monologue:
"There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.
By John Kruzel• June 29, 2018
Ted Cruz stated on June 11, 2018 in an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:
"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."  
By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2018
Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2019 in a Telemundo interview:
"When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy. I didn’t have it. He had it."
By Miriam Valverde• June 21, 2019
Bryan Steil stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
By Laura Schulte• November 12, 2021
Martha McSally stated on September 16, 2018 in a Fox News interview:
Says Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supported a bill that is "essentially encouraging child trafficking."
By Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2018
Mike Pence stated on June 07, 2023 in a CNN town hall:
“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 8, 2023
Chain email stated on January 30, 2012 in a chain e-mail and blog and Facebook posts:
In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.
By Louis Jacobson• January 30, 2012
Francis Suarez stated on July 16, 2023 in a speech at Turning Point Action Conference:
"In Biden's America, 7 million people illegally crossed the border and are given a free cellphone and airline tickets."
By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• July 28, 2023
Matt Schlapp stated on June 15, 2018 in in an interview:
The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is "the same way Barack Obama did it."
By John Kruzel• June 19, 2018
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate:
Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2018 in remarks to reporters on the White House grounds:
"You can’t (end the separation of families at the border) through an executive order."
By Jon Greenberg• June 21, 2018
Dean Heller stated on June 26, 2018 in a press release:
Says Jacky Rosen "skipped work ... at the expense of veterans" to "attend a publicity stunt."
By Jon Greenberg• August 16, 2018
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."  
By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2018
Jim Lamon stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad:
The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
By Tom Kertscher• January 26, 2022
Tim Westley stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview:
"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.
By Nusaiba Mizan• April 25, 2022
Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007 in :
Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney."
By David DeCamp• December 28, 2007
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream:
Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA."
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 3, 2024
Brad Parscale stated on June 20, 2018 in a tweet:
"Fact: Over 90,000 kids were detained under Obama. And no one cared."
By Amy Sherman• June 25, 2018
Hillary Clinton stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute:
Says comprehensive immigration reform "will add $700 billion to our economy."  
By Miriam Valverde• September 21, 2016

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By Willoughby Mariano• February 29, 2012

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By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019

Donald Trump’s immigration promises: failures and achievements

By Miriam Valverde• July 27, 2020

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