In a statement, Sen. Cruz said, “All Americans are rightly horrified by the images we are seeing on the news, children in tears pulled away from their mothers and fathers. This must stop. Now. We can end this crisis by passing the legislation I am introducing this week.”
Meanwhile, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said the practice of separating undocumented families os “wrong.” The senator is working with his fellow lawmakers in the House and Senate to solve the problem. He said the legislative solution should have compassion for children and families without incentivizing illegal border crossing. It can and should be bipartisan.
Other Republican senators who condemned the policy of separating undocumented families include Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina and Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas.
President Donald Trump strongly defended his administration policy. He said, “The United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility.”
