Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., joins an women's advocacy group, MomsRising, to protest against threats by President Donald Trump against Central American asylum-seekers to separate children from their parents along the southwest border to deter migrants from crossing into the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senator Kamala Harris is joining several lawmakers in demanding the Department of Homeland Security stop separating children from their families at the border.
The California Democrat is co-sponsoring legislation that will put a moratorium on the expansion of detention facilities. It will also increase oversight of ICE facilities by the Office of the Inspector General and reduce detention beds by 50-percent. According to Harris, this legislation is about children, their families, and whether the United States is going to be a compassionate government or a cruel government.