Tweet - "What we're seeing at our borders is not just bad luck. Make no mistake -- President Trump takes pride in being the most anti-immigrant president in modern history and his border security strategy is a cruel and dismal failure. Let's look at the "highlights."

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"What we're seeing at our borders is not just bad luck. Make no mistake -- President Trump takes pride in being the most anti-immigrant president in modern history and his border security strategy is a cruel and dismal failure. Let's look at the "highlights."

"The Muslim travel ban created chaos at airports across the United States and continues to separate thousands of American families."

"The repeal of #DACA threatens 800,000 young immigrants with deportation to countries that they barely remember, forcing them to live in fear as their lives hang in the balance."

"The termination of Temporary Protected Status endangers another 300,000 immigrants, further proving this President's aversion to immigrants fleeing violence."

"The disastrous separation of infants, toddlers, and young children from their families left them to wonder if they'd ever see their parents again -- only to finally be stopped by the courts."

"The longest government shutdown in the history of the United States, which paralyzed our immigration courts for six long weeks in the midst of an immigration crisis."

"The tragic deaths of six children who were apprehended at the border and of 24 people being held in immigration detention centers. And now public reports of attempted suicides by detainees being held in abject inhumane conditions."

"The blocking of all assistance to Northern Triangle countries -- El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras -- and shutting down avenues for legal migration, which is only driving more refugees to our border."

"And the gaping leadership vacuum at DHS. In less than two and a half years, there have already been four heads of this department. We cannot face this crisis effectively with a revolving door policy in the leadership of DHS."

"We must acknowledge the obvious -- Pres. Trump's immigration and border security policies are a certifiable failure. They are cruelty realized through policy. We must work together on smart, effective, and humane solutions to this crisis. We must have compassion."

@SenatorDurbin

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