May 9, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 77 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                        FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER

  (Ms. HAALAND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, I rise today to stand in solidarity with 
families suffering from this administration's inhumane policy of 
separating children from their parents.
  Earlier this week was the 1-year anniversary of this administration's 
family separation policy, and today hundreds of families are still 
separated. That means hundreds of children will not be with their 
mothers on Mother's Day.
  This week, I visited a Families Belong Together art installation 
outside the Capitol by Paola Mendoza. It depicted a mother reaching out 
in anguish for her child who was in a cage. That is the reality for 
these families, and they will feel this trauma for the rest of their 
lives.
  Native Americans know all too well the long-lasting trauma of 
government-enforced family separation. Our communities still struggle 
with the impact that cruel assimilation policy has had.
  This trauma cannot be undone. We cannot let this administration 
forget the chaos it created in so many people's lives, and we must stop 
the racist policies it continues to push.

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