{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-to-return-to-texas-lead-delegation-investigating-trump-administrations-ongoing-mistreatment-of-migrant-children", "Merkley to Return to Texas, Lead Delegation Investigating Trump Administration\u2019s Ongoing Mistreatment of Migrant Children", "2018-12-13", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Jeff Merkley", "M001176", "www.merkley.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Merkley to Return to Texas, Lead Delegation Investigating Trump Administration's Ongoing Mistreatment of Migrant Children \n\t\n\t\t On oversight trip, Sens. Merkley, Hirono, and Smith and Rep. Chu will inspect family internment centers and child prisons in Texas \n\t\n\t\n\tThursday, December 13, 2018\n\t\n\tWASHINGTON, D.C.  Six months after his Father's Day tripexposing the child imprisonment and family separation crisis on the Texas border, Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley will lead a congressional oversight trip investigating the Trump Administration's treatment of children who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border fleeing persecution and danger abroad.\r\nMerkley will be joined on the delegation this Friday and Saturday, December 14 and 15, by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Tina Smith (D-MN) and Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA-27).\r\nRepresentativeBeto O'Rourke (D-TX-16) will also join the delegation on Saturday at Tornillo.\r\nThe delegation will look at how children have been treated in two different settings: family internment centers and child prisonseach of which have been called out by experts for their traumatizing effects on children. Specifically, the delegation will inspect family internment centers in Karnes City and Dilley, Texas; and the child prison in Tornillo, Texas. The Tornillo child prison is currently incarcerating more than 2,000 children in a tent encampment in the desert.\r\n\r\nWHO: \r\nOregon's Senator Jeff Merkley\r\nSenator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)\r\nSenator Tina Smith (D-MN)\r\nRepresentative Judy Chu (D-CA-27)\r\nRepresentativeBeto O'Rourke (D-TX-16)*\r\n*Saturday only\r\n\r\nWHAT:\r\nCongressional delegation investigating the Trump Administration's mistreatment of child asylum seekers\r\n\r\nWHERE:\r\nSouth Texas Family Residential Center, Dilley, TX (Friday)\r\nKarnes Residential Center, Karnes City, TX (Friday)\r\nTornillo Children's Detention Camp, Tornillo Port of Entry (Saturday)\r\n\r\nWHEN:\r\nFriday, December 14, and Saturday, December 15, 2018\r\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t  \n    \n\t\n\t\n\t  \n          \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-to-return-to-texas-lead-delegation-investigating-trump-administrations-ongoing-mistreatment-of-migrant-children"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.452190801501274, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}