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Mass Deportations and Family Separations

Floor Speech

Date: March 26, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, Trump and Republicans are the party of mass deportations and family separations. That is right, Republicans are the party of putting children in prison, 3-year-olds and 5-year- olds, inflicting lifelong trauma on our children.

What happened to family values?

Mr. Speaker, let me tell you about 5-year-old Gael, whom I met in Dilley, Texas. He was totally bloated. He hadn't gone to the bathroom in 8 days. He went to the medical center. They pretty much dismissed him, saying, ``Oh, here are some laxatives,'' and let him go, a 5-year- old in pain and suffering. This is how they are treating our children. It is disgusting, and it needs to end.

We need to end these child prisons.

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