House Democrats travel to border to meet asylum-seekers returned to Mexico under cruel Trump policy

A delegation of congressional members led by Hispanic Caucus chair Joaquin Castro and Rep. Filemon Vela, both from Texas, traveled to the southern border on Friday to meet with asylum-seekers, including children, who have been forced to wait in Mexico under inhumane and illegal Trump administration policy.

While local groups have sought to ramp up aid like nutritious food, families are living outdoors with not much more than a tent to protect them from from cold weather and there's one lone full-time doctor, himself an asylum-seeker, to assist families. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon tweeted that she met one family whose baby is sick but don't have their court date for another five months. "It is just unacceptable and heartbreaking," she continued. "We need to do everything we can to end the squalor in which these people are living."

Remain in Mexico needs to end—and these families deserve a fair shot. "Let them make their case," Bonamici said. "Bring back the Family Case Management Program in the United States, so these wonderful families can be safe."