Last summer I led a congressional delegation to the Rio Grande Valley border to view the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children from Guatemala. Honduras. and El Salvador. Clearly. concrete cells at Border Patrol stations are no place for children. which is where they likely would be under the expedited deportation proceedings allowed under this amendment. These young children are fleeing danger and violence in their own home countries. It is also no answer to require these children to seek asylum in their home countries while being exposed to the very violence they are trying to escape in the first place. This is the portion of the amendment the Senator has eliminated. It still doesnt leave out the part about expedited deportation. So lets keep the current law in place that-
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