releases: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-to-return-to-texas-lead-delegation-investigating-trump-administrations-ongoing-mistreatment-of-migrant-children
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| 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’s Ongoing Mistreatment of Migrant Children | 2018-12-13 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Democrat | House | OR | Jeff Merkley | M001176 | www.merkley.senate.gov | legacy | Merkley to Return to Texas, Lead Delegation Investigating Trump Administration's Ongoing Mistreatment of Migrant Children On oversight trip, Sens. Merkley, Hirono, and Smith and Rep. Chu will inspect family internment centers and child prisons in Texas Thursday, December 13, 2018 WASHINGTON, 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. Merkley 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). RepresentativeBeto O'Rourke (D-TX-16) will also join the delegation on Saturday at Tornillo. The 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. WHO: Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) Representative Judy Chu (D-CA-27) RepresentativeBeto O'Rourke (D-TX-16)* *Saturday only WHAT: Congressional delegation investigating the Trump Administration's mistreatment of child asylum seekers WHERE: South Texas Family Residential Center, Dilley, TX (Friday) Karnes Residential Center, Karnes City, TX (Friday) Tornillo Children's Detention Camp, Tornillo Port of Entry (Saturday) WHEN: Friday, December 14, and Saturday, December 15, 2018 Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |