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“Arresting potential sponsors only ensures that children who flee dangerous circumstances will languish longer in overly crowded detention facilities." Read more »

“It feels like the military leadership sort of washed their hands of any oversight of the private contractors that built and managed these family housing units." Read more »

“In all branches of the services, it begins, it seems, right from the academies.” Read more »

“It’s really important that we have that bond of sisterhood and a network of women who have lived through this experience and done so successfully." Read more »

“We are jeopardizing peoples’ lives." Read more »

“This kind of potential political interference in matters of life and death deserves swift and thorough investigation." Read more »

Senate’s first order of business: Remove roadblock to independent investigation into egregious Acosta/Epstein plea deal BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD DECEMBER 30, 2018 The questionable actions of Miami’s former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta in gifting a sweetheart federal plea deal to a Palm Beach multimillionaire and serial sexual predator have rightly come under fire. They… Read more »

Washington (CNN) -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers are seeking to prevent the Trump administration from arresting undocumented immigrants who come forward to take care of undocumented immigrant children who are in the country alone, after CNN reported such arrests were happening. A bill set to be introduced Tuesday comes as both the number of immigrant children in government custody… Read more »

“The absolutely critical thing that we have to have is making sure the administration immediately adopts a policy that helps these children, particularly those who were involuntarily separated from their parents at the border, to be reunified with their parents,” said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. Read more »

Miami Herald We want gun dealers to conduct instant background checks before selling ammunition BY RICHARD BLUMENTHAL AND DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ Nearly anywhere in America, a felon with a violent criminal history can walk into a gun store and walk out minutes later – no questions asked – with hundreds of rounds of ammunition for an assault weapon. We already have laws on the… Read more »