Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley posted a video showing he was denied entry to a
detention center in Brownsville, Texas, for migrant children who have been separated from their
parents when the families were trying to enter the United States.
Merkley said in the video, "I think it's unacceptable that a member of Congress is not being
admitted to see what is happening to children whose families are
applying for asylum. I decided to come out here, go up to the door and
ask to be let in."
The Trump/Pence administration has not disclosed how many children have been
separated from their parents as a result of Trump/Pence's new "zero tolerance"
policy. But a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official told a Senate
panel that the 638 adults referred for prosecution from May 6 to
May 19 had been traveling with 658 children, according to The Washington
Post.
Trump has stated that people from Scandinavian countries, who are mostly white, would be more welcome to immigrate. The race hierarchy is one of many supported by Trump/Pence.
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