U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley Was Denied Access to Detention Center for Immigrant Children [View all]

[Arkansas Granny]

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) visited a detention center for immigrant children near the Mexico border Sunday in an attempt to draw attention to the Trump administration policy of separating children from parents.

Parents, even those credibly seeking asylum, have been separated from their children as part of the White House policy.
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Merkley, accompanied by multiple video cameras and the American Civil Liberties Union, shot a Facebook live video as he attempted to gain access to the facility. (The video had been viewed more than 353,000 times within the first several hours.)

He was initially told that a manager would come speak to him when he telephoned into the facility from the front door. The police arrived first.

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