SPOKANE, Wash. — Sen. Patty Murray released a statement on the detainment of a 10-year-old and her father who were living in Spokane.
“This week the Trump administration decided to detain a hardworking roofer with a 10-year-old daughter who’s lived in America the majority of her life—a family who, as far as I know, did everything legally to be here,” Sen. Murray said. “Trump isn’t going after criminals or the “worst of the worst”, he’s deporting hardworking people who make our communities better.”
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According to Latinos en Spokane, the organization had been working with the family who they say had an active immigration case and valid documentation when they were detained. The family also had no criminal history at the time of detainment.
You can read the full statement from Sen. Murray below:
“This week the Trump administration decided to detain a hardworking roofer with a 10-year-old daughter who’s lived in America the majority of her life—a family who, as far as I know, did everything legally to be here. Trump isn’t going after criminals or the “worst of the worst”, he’s deporting hardworking people who make our communities better. My office is working to learn more about this case and while our options are always limited in scenarios like this, we will do whatever we can to help. I don’t believe this kind of cruel mass deportation agenda is what most Americans want—using our voices and our votes, we can bring sanity, decency, and due process to our immigration enforcement.”
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