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Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, Trump and Republicans are the party of mass deportations and family separations. That is right, Republicans are the party of putting children in prison, 3-year-olds and 5-year- olds, inflicting lifelong trauma on our children.
What happened to family values?
Mr. Speaker, let me tell you about 5-year-old Gael, whom I met in Dilley, Texas. He was totally bloated. He hadn't gone to the bathroom in 8 days. He went to the medical center. They pretty much dismissed him, saying, “Oh, here are some laxatives,” and let him go, a 5-year- old in pain and suffering. This is how they are treating our children. It is disgusting, and it needs to end.
We need to end these child prisons.