Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan and other city officials were expected to hold a press conference Wednesday to speak out against the separation of immigrant children from their parents.
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan and other city officials were expected to hold a press conference Wednesday to speak out against the separation of immigrant children from their parents. Other officials such as Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, sent a letter to U. N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres asking his agency to send humanitarian observers to the U. S. to investigate the impacts of separating families on the U. S.-Mexico border. In her letter, Lee said, “I am appalled by the reports and images from detention facilities in Texas and other states along the border, where more than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents by border patrol agents.”The press conference was planned before President Trump signed an executive order to keep families together at the southern border, saying at the White House that he doesn’t like the sight of children being separated from their families. He said, “We are keeping families together.”But the president added the “zero tolerance” policy will continue. Vice President Mike Pence added that they are calling upon Congress to change the laws. Trump adds that the word “compassion” comes into it. Trump has been trying to win over congressional support on immigration amid a crisis along the border involving the separation of immigrant children from their families.
