Senate Democrats unveil bill to reunite immigrant families 'immediately'

Senators say measure would return 2,600 children to their parents as it seeks to overcome hurdles to reunification process Democratic senators on Tuesday unveiled a new family reunification bill that they said would “immediately” reunite the 2,600 immigrant children still separated from their parents as a result of the White House’s zero-tolerance enforcement policy. “We as a country are better than this,” Senator Kamala Harris, a sponsor of the bill, said at a press conference. “We should not be playing politics with the lives of these children - these young children and their families.” Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/17/us-immigration-family-separations-democrats-bill #Headlines by: Lauren Gambino in Washington

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