John,

Ever since I first found out that the Trump administration was separating
families and jailing infants and children in prison camps and for-profit
detention centers, I’ve been fighting to put an end to it.

This time last year, a court ordered the Trump administration to stop
ripping migrant children from their parents at the border. The
administration says they stopped. They lied.

We recently learned that nearly 1,000 children were in fact separated from
their families since the government was ordered to stop this cruel
practice. And we know that all the while, thousands of children --
including babies -- have been crammed into tent cities and uninhabitable
facilities without access to adequate food, water, or medical care.

It’s a policy designed to traumatize children, and it’s an unconscionable
stain on our nation.

Democrats and the American people are done being lied to when it comes to
the gross mistreatment of migrant children at the hands of the Trump
administration. That’s why I introduced the Shut Down Child Prison Camps
Act to put an end to the practice of jailing children in these unregulated
tent cities and detention centers -- but Mitch McConnell has refused to
bring it up for a vote.

[ [link removed] ]Please help me show the nationwide grassroots support for my
legislation to end this nightmare for migrant children and demand
McConnell let the Senate vote for it immediately by adding your name right
now >>

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What makes this situation all the more horrifying? Some of these detention
camps and centers are contracted out and run by for-profit companies that
go unregulated. They are profiting off of the traumatization of children
-- it’s pure evil.

Thankfully, as Democratic members of Congress have visited these
facilities firsthand and the American people have spoken out against the
mistreatment of these children, we’ve made some progress. We successfully
forced the Trump administration to shut down the unregulated Tornillo tent
prison, and just this week we learned that all children have now been
removed from the similarly shameful Homestead facility in Florida.

With public pressure, we are making a difference and demanding better for
these children, but we’ve still got a long way to go. We need to close
these camps and detention centers for good.

[ [link removed] ]Will you help me make it happen by showing your support for my Shut
Down Child Prison Camps Act today?

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Your voice can truly make the difference.

Thank you,

Senator Jeff Merkley




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