Wednesday, June 20, 2018

JUDICIARY: TOMORROW AT 1 P.M.: HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER ACT, LEGISLATION TO END FAMILY SEPARATION AT THE BORDER



Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 1 p.m., House Democrats, led by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), will hold a press conference on the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, legislation to end family separation at the U.S. border.

Ranking Member Nadler’s legislation is the House companion to the legislation introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Diane Feinstein (D-CA) earlier this month. More than 190 House Democrats cosponsored the legislation.

 Speakers:      Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Wendy Young, Executive Director of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Immigration Subcommittee 
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
Rep. Ted W. Lieu (D-CA)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)

Date:              Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Time:              1:00 p.m. ET

Location:        East front steps of the U.S. Capitol 
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

RSVP: Media interested in covering should rsvp to Shadawn Reddick-Smith and Daniel Schwarz.

Background:

Trump Administration Continues to Lie about Family Separation

President Donald Trump is lying when he says family separation is required by the laws on the books.  As fact-checkers at the Washington Post and elsewhere have concluded, there is simply NO law that requires family separation.  What is causing children to be taken from their parents is the deliberate choice—the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy—to prosecute asylum seeking families at the border for illegal entry. 

I guess the Judiciary Chief of Staff is too damn terrified of his future to do his job and do fact checking.  Once again, I will do the work for them.  Here is the law the Trump Administration is following.

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