The Keep Families Together Act does what this administration won’t do, by including a variety of measures to prevent children from being separated from their parents. But he has only doubled down on what amounts to government-sponsored child abuse. The truth is the President could stop this policy today. They continue to lie about this policy, by claiming that they are forced, by law, to rip children from the arms of their parents. They see children as bargaining chips, and as pawns in service of their anti-immigrant mission. Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler: “President Trump and his Administration have implemented a heartless, cruel, and dangerous policy of separating families who arrive in the United States seeking asylum.
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and House Democratic leadership. Nadler, original House cosponsors of the legislation include: Subcommittee on Immigration Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rep. More than 190 House Democrats cosponsored the legislation. 6135 is the House companion to legislation introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Diane Feinstein (D-CA) earlier this month. 6135, legislation to end family separation at the U.S. Capitol to introduce the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. Today, House Democrats, led by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), held a press conference in front of the U.S.