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June 22, 2018 – 66 migrant children taken from their parents were brought to Chicago under the administration’s Zero Tolerance policy. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin met with some of the children being sheltered in Chicago. CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez was there when he lashed out at the administration for a policy he calls cruel and inhumane.
June 22, 2018 – The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy is fanning political flames in Chicago and across the U.S. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-4th District) was gaveled out of order after bringing a group of children onto the House floor to protest the separation of migrant families at U.S. borders.
June 22, 2018 – Senator Dick Durbin met privately with children separated from their parents at the border who are being housed in the Chicagoland area under the care of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with Heartland Alliance.
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