jayapal: wethat'sga l.ou know, they -- they they'vek been trying to walck some of those statements, but they're all over the press. but the trump administration has made it clear that this is a deterrent. and in fact some of the women told me -- soledad: even if you have as vaylum claim -- rep. jayapal: even if you have a valid asylum claim. it is -- it is absolutely illegal, and the courts have ruled on this, to hold people simply for deterrence purposes, and that's what they're doing. soledad: there are some bills -- soledad: what are the conversations youeaave with your colles on both sides of the aisle about this? really, we do not hear a lot from republican members of congress, defending this policy, which i think really the voting public up in arms. rep. jayapal: we have jurisdiction over immigration. we have had no hearings on this. what happened when i started talking about this is, everyone looked very unmfortable. and thenveryone except the chairman lefit was an empty slas on the republican side.

jayapal. ms. jayapal: the keep families together act is the only bill that is a real solution to the human tragedy of abuses of children, of family separation at our border. this bill prohibits the separation of children from their parents, limits criminal prosecutions for asylum seekers, and requires d.h.s. to reunite children and parents, something that the trump administration has no plan for.

we're talking to congress member pramila jayapal from washington state. on june 9, she visited some of the 200 asylum seekers held at state.son in her home this is democracy now! we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "would you harbor me" performed by the labyrinth choir. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: all four living former first ladies have spoken out against family separation at the border. rosalynn carter issued a statement monday saying -- "the practice and policy today of removing children from their parents' care at our border with mexico is disgraceful and a shame to our country." hillary clinton tweeted -- "what's happening to families at the border right now is a humanitarian crisis. every parent who has ever held a child in their arms, every human being with a sense of compassion and decency, should be outraged." laura bushsh tweeted -- "i live in a border state. i appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tole

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joining me is democratic congresswoman pramila jayapal of washington state. congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be with you, chris. >> we saw a big move by the president today. apparently trying to change the narrative of what's happening on the border by making an allegation of misplaced sympathies. take a listen. >> these are the american citizens permanently separated from their loved ones, the word "permanently" being the word that you have to think about. permanently. they're not separated for a day or two days, these are permanently separated because they were killed by criminal illegal aliens. >> the suggestion is the people like you who are fighting for mercy and for sympathy for the kids and the families being separated on the border are not feeling sympathy for the right people, which is the population victimized by these migrants. your response? >> i find it so offensive. on two accounts.

that was stunning with congresswoman jayapal.orting, i saw her talking about it, and i saw the video that she posted on facebook about it, but her going into that kind of detail with you right now is -- >> unreal. >> -- just chilling. unbelievable. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. glad to have you with us. lots of news going on. here's your pop quiz. north korea. north korea has borders with three other countries. what are the three other countries? i will spot you

. -- jayapal. ms. jayapal: i met with women seeking asylum. one woman had left her -- had three children. the first child was shot and murdered by gangs. the second child was shot and paralyzed by gangs. and the third child was the child she tried to bring here to safety. these are the stories of the people that are coming across the border, and all of the mothers and the 174 people that were at the federal prison had not even been able to say goodbye to their children. they did not know where their children were. they had been subjected to the worst conditions at the border, and, madam speaker, what is this country coming to? this is a country that should value our children, that should value the rights of our children, and these children re sitting in cages on the border, in tent cities. this president created this crisis and this president can stop this crisis right now with a phone call. do not tell us it is about congress. it is about the president of the united states who has chosen to take this democracy to its very bottom. this is the

jayapal. ms. jayapal: you know, that story of payday lending reminded me how in the state senate right before i came here we had to fight back before we stopped the rollback because we were able to with activists around our community, we were able to pass some of the strongest laws that prevented payday lenders from taking advantage of people with great offramps and unfortunately there were over and over again attempts to roll those back. we at the federal level needs to make sure that the consumer financial protection bureau is strong so we can make sure that these folks are not getting, you know, trapped in payday lending. i know we're running short on time. i want to make sure we get some of these read. i want to read one from my home state. esh is testimony from mi buckmaster. i'm 28 years old and proud a single mom of a beautiful 1-year-old girl named ella. i live in west port, in grace harbor county, washington. i spent five years of my life homeless. once during my homelessness, a neighbor

jayapal. ms. jayapal: the keep families together act is the only bill that is a real solution to the human tragedy of abuses of children, of family separation at our border. this bill prohibits the separation of children from their parents, limits criminal prosecutions for asylum seekers, and requires d.h.s. to reunite children and parents, something that the trump administration has no plan for. mr. speaker, the keep families together act is the bill we should be sending to the president's desk for signature, not h.r. 6136. h.r. 6136 does absolutely nothing to address the abuses of children and i want to make it clear that it actually makes things worse. does anybody really believe that incarcerating children with their parents is the solution to family separation? or making children more vulnerable to trafficking or eliminating basic requirements for confinement like clean water and toilets? mr. speaker, 11 days ago, i met with mothers detained in a federal prison after cruelly being separated f

we have washington state representative pramila jayapal with us. thank you for being with us.ant to start with you, if i could, the president this morning is tweeting and slammed the democratic push to abolish i.c.e. "i.c.e., you are doing a fantastic job of keeping us safe by eradicating the worst criminal elements. so brave. the radical left dems want you out. next it will be all police, zero chance. it will never happen." so with that said, i want to clarify what your position is and what your hopes are. do you want to abolish i.c.e.? >> here's the thing. right before i.c.e. was established, which is a new agency. it's only been established in the last many years, there was enforcement of immigration laws. and after i.c.e. is changed as an agency, there will be enforcement of immigration laws. what we've been saying is i.c.e. has become a rogue agency. it has no accountability. no transparency. it takes the hundreds of millions of dollars that the federal government gives to i.c.e. and it actually contracts out to private, for-profit contractors who have no accountability t

jayapal of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentlewoman from washington, ms. jayapal, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from washington. ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of my amendment which simply asks the corps of engineers to explore what opportunities exist to incorporate noise abatement and noise mitigation technologies and practices into the work of the corps of engineers. noise has a bearing both on land and in water and as maritime transportation and travel increase and as vessels increase in size, communities along our nation's waterways stand to be affected the most. seattle's residential population and our maritime sector are both growing, and important, the livability of our communities and the strength of our maritime sector will depend on how we address the challenges that come with that growth. at the same time, as sound travels more efficiently in the water, we need to be certain how

. -- jayapal. ms. jayapal: i met with women seeking asylum. one woman had left her -- had three children. the first child was shot and murdered by gangs. the second child was shot and paralyzed by gangs. and the third child was the child she tried to bring here to safety. these are the stories of the people that are coming across the border, and all of the mothers and the 174 people that were at the federal prison had not even been able to say goodbye to their children. they did not know where their children were. they had been subjected to the worst conditions at the border, and, madam speaker, what is this country coming to? this is a country that should value our children, that should value the rights of our children, and these children re sitting in cages on the border, in tent cities. this president created this crisis and this president can stop this crisis right now with a phone call. do not tell us it is about congress. it is about the president of the united states who has chosen to take this democracy to its very bottom. this is the

was among the 575 women arrested for unlawful demonstration.pramila jayapal/- d- washington: this is about right and wrong. and we have to stand up, and we have to put ourselves on the line. on wednesday - president trump gave a lukewarm approval for a g-o-p leadership-backed immigration bill...pres donald trump/wednesday: i don't get overly excited with the house bill right now because it's not going to pass in the senate, you're not going going to get the democrats to vote for anything.the house bill failed...by an margin than expected. rep. eric swalwell /-d- california: it's sickening to think who everyday go to bed not knowing where mom and dad or even their aunt or uncle who brought them here are. we our priority today.this weekend - more protests are planned in washington d-c, new york, chicago, los angeles and portland.in washington, i'm natasha chen reporting. (pam) (pam) actress susan sarandon was among nearly 600- people arrested on thursday in washington d.c.. she was part of a protest against the 'zero tolerance immigration policy' that has led to the separation of paren

amy: last degree interviewed pramila jayapal all of washington state. she described her visit with some of the 200 asylum seekers at the seatac bureau of prison facilities in her home state. >> i heard from the 170 for women that i met with being held at a prison because all of the detention centers are filled. these are 206 individuals who were transferred from texas to a federal prison, so of them, about 40%, had been in detention for over a month. not a single one of the mothers had seen their children. not a single one of them had been able to say goodbye to their children. and only two out of all of the mothers that were there eveven knew where theirir children wer. amy: this weekend, was never jayapal returned to the seatac detetention center to meet with men who were there outside the facility she said, the president is the one who created this crisisis, the one who can end it by picking up the phone and calling jeff sessions and ending the zero-tolerance policy. maru, talk about your own case. all of the focus now is on these thousands of childr

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that was stunning with congresswoman jayapal. i saw her reporting, i saw her talking about it, and i saw the video that she posted on facebook about it, but her going into that kind of detail with you right now is -- >> unreal. >> -- just chilling. unbelievable. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. glad to have you with us. lots of news going on. here's your pop quiz. north korea. north korea has borders with three other countries. what are the three other countries? i will spot you the first two. obviously, north korea has a border with south korea, one of the most famous borders on earth. it features a real live dmz. it's one of the mostught conflict lines on the planet, and it has been for decades. so that's one of the two i will spot you. obviously, north korea borders south korea. north korea also borders china. north korean border with china is way longer than its border with south korea. the length of that border, the 23 different road crossings across that north korea-china border, all those thin

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jayapal? ms. jayapal votes no, mr. schneider votes no. ms. demmings votes no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentlewoman is recorded as no. >> we're going to wait another minute two for the ranking member. are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. >> mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> not recorded? >> the gentleman from louisiana is not recorded. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes yes. mr. swalwell votes no. >> may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> the gentlewoman will state her parliamentary inquiry. >> i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice. >> it's not an emergency. it's good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how am i recorded? >> not recorded. >> no. >> mr. raskin votes no. >> mr. chairman, continuing your generosi generosity, could you state for the record what the good cause is? >> the fact that we worked very hard with these two gentlemen who i very much appreciate adjusting their sche

congressman jayapal met with mothers who were sent to a prison in her state. >> chris, it was heartbreaking. i met with 174 women in three different groups, what they called three pods, in a federal prison. shockingly, it's a prison after all. they told me it was the best treatment that they've received in all their time being detained, which tells you something about how they were treated in i.c.e. and border patrol custody. these are women, the vast majority of whom are seeking asylum, trying to escape rape and violence and murder. one woman from el salvador had her eldest son shot. her second son had been -- her eldest son was shot and killed. her second son was shot and paralyzed. and she took her final child to try to bring him to the united states for safety. story after story like this, chris. and these women were forcibly separated from their children at the border. you mentioned being told they were being taken for a bath. similar kinds of stories, where a woman was taken out to get her photograph taken, taken to these mass prosecutions in these crimi

i just spoke with representative pramila jayapal. was arrested today for protesting family separations. this is an issue where women on both sides of the aisle no matter where you stand can relate to politically, correct? >> yes, absolutely. i hope we're not at it point, don, whether it's just women, whether mothers or not, i hope this is an issue that unites all the american people. people who have children in their family, sit next to children at church, teach children in schools. this shouldn't just be about women and mothers. this should be an issue where we look at kids and say no matter who you are, where you are, how old you are, you shouldn't be separated from your parent. you were talking to the congresswoman about a kid as young as 1 years old, we all read about the child who was 3 years old and a judge asked the kid what his name was and he replied in spanish oh, a plane. these are heart wrenching stories. it's traumatic and sticks with them throughout the lives. just for a moment i can't imagine what these kids are going

jayapal. ms. jayapal: the keep families together act is the only bill that is a real solution to the human tragedy of abuses of children, of family separation at our rder. this bill prohibits the separation of children from their parents, limits criminal prosecutions for asylum seekers, and requires d.h.s. to reunite children and parents, something that the trump administration has no plan for. mr. speaker, the keep families together act is the bill we should be sending to the president's desk for signature, not h.r. 6136. h.r. 6136 does absolutely nothing to address the abuses of children and i want to make it clear that it actually makes things worse. does anybody really believe that incarcerating children with their parents is the solution to family separation? or making children more vulnerable to trafficking or eliminating basic requirements for confinement like clean water an toilets? mr. speaker, 11 days ago, i met with mothers detained in a federal prison after cruelly being separated from

we spoke to congressman for jayapal who went to prison in washington state or were over 100 women wereeing held and their kidsknow where are being held. the mothers were flown to washington staples that meanwhile, the secretary from an security is saying, oh, they can time.their kids all the they don't know where they are. and what it means to say they can now go through the normal sponsorship process. when they call a number they were handed in court, it says something like if you want to get your kid back, you can leave a message here but know that what you say here can a and will be used against you and court. >> exactly. you sort of highlighted the exact nature of the black hole of all of the information here. what we're currently seeking just remember, this is all new. parents who are currently in immigration detention will have to go through the normal resettlement process to get their children back. this in itself is a long and arduous process. orr is under the health and human services department. this can involve months of backgrgrnd checks, fingerprinting, and in some instanc

. >> congresswoman pramila jayapal, thank you so much for reporting that out for us. i appreciate it. >> thank you, chris. >> as i've mentioned before, we have a great episode about this topic on "why is this happening?" plus we have a brand new episode today with amy chu on political tribalism. also very good in my opinion. check it out. on tune in or whenever you get your podcasts. that is "all in" for this evening. >>> tonight, donald trump has made history by sitting down with the north korean dictator. but now the questions are beginning about the details. what exactly did they sign? what did the u.s. agree to give up? and what did we get? >>> back home in washington, a stunner of a financial sclosurejared and ivanka. two trusted high-level white house aides who got richer by a reported $82 million last year. >>> and looking for the trump effect in the numbers coming in tonight from five primary states. steve kornacki at the big board for us with results as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news head

tomorrow we will continue this conversation with pramila jayapal, the washington congress state, willingtone in our studio here in new york. she herself went to a prison in washington to speak with mothers who have been separated from their children, sent up from the mexico border. democracy now! correspondent renee feltz and producer, long reported on the criminalization of immigrants,ily dention, and the business of detention. this is democracy now! when we come back, we talk about yemen. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. returned to yemen where there are reports that hundreds of fighters have been killed and more than e c fled their homes since the u.s.-backed coalition led by saududi arabia and the united ab emirates has launched an all-out ofnsive against the key port city of hodeidah last week. early this morning, coalition aircraft bombarded hodeidah's main airport, wounding dozens and preventing aid organizations from reaching parts of the city. this is a father who was displaced from hodeidah. peo

jayapal? >> is it appropriate to ask for unanimous consent the wreckage i would've voted aye on amendments six and one? >> show her vote on those amendments. any objections? so ordered. ms. wasserman schultz. >> like to dissent and ask unanimous consent that i be recognized as having voted if i were here yet on amendments one, two and three. >> any objections? mr. carbajal. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would also like to ask unanimous consent due to detainment in traffic this morning on my commute in to have reflect this on 14 and 13. >> -- 14, three and 13. >> so ordered. >> mr. chairman, i'd also like to request unanimous consent to have yes recorded or record reflect yes for the first three amendments introduced. >> any objection? so ordered. mr. gold. >> we are going to do this that i would ask on the first three amendments that i be recorded i would've voted no had i been here. >> mr. cole would've recorded know on the first three amendments. without objection. mr. rokita. >> mr. chairma

washington compass member pramila jayapal blasted the administration after visiting women asylum-seekerstained at the federal detention center near seattle-tacoma international airport. >> half are more of these women havehildren that were forcibly separated from them. they were never given a chance to say goodbye to their children. the vast majority of these mothers do not even know where their children are. what i saw was absolutely horrific. what i saw and heard. anand we have always had probles with the criminalization of immigrants, but this is [indisiscernible] throw them into facility, not provide them with any y access o basic huhuman rights. from theire mothers children. amy: a federal judge in manhattan has temporarily halted the deportation of a delivery worker who was arrested by ice last week after dropping off a pizza at the fort hamilton army base. his deportation to ecuador has been stayed until july 20. pope francisis appealed direrecy to top oil company executives to help avert the global catastrophe of climate change during a two-day conference at the vatican. i encour

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jayapal? >> no. >> mr. schneider? >> no. >> ms. demings? >> no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentle woman is recorded as no. >> we're going to wait another minute or two for the ranking member. so are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. >> mr. chairman? how am i recorded? >> the gentleman from louisiana is not recorded. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes yes. >> mr. chairman? >> the gentleman from california. >> no. >> mr. swalwell votes no. >> chairman, may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> the gentle woman will state her parliamentary inquiry? >> mr. chairman, i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice of the notice. >> it's not an emergency. it's good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how am i recorded? >> not recorded. >> no. >> mr. raskin votes no. >> good guess. >> mr. chairman, continuing your generosity, could you state for the record what the good cause is? >> the fact that we w

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jayapal. >> i thank the ranking member. and i have to say that i had hoped we would be doing something where we could find some bipartisan agreement. i'm extremely disappointed that what we're looking at today is a budget resolution from the republicans that does little to help those americans who are in real need. this budget resolution shreds our safety nets and takes swipes at our earned benefits, and they are earned benefits and not entitlement programs. people pay into programs like social security their entire working lives with the promise that they will be taken care of when they retire. republicans are attacking that care and reneging on that crucial promise, a burden that falls on our elderly, black and brown, low-income americans. sadly, this is part of a three-step dance that we predicted when the tax scam was passed. this has been a dance to strip health access and earned benefits from millions of people. step one was enacting the gop tax scam and transferring millions of dollars in giveaways to the wealthiest

was among the 575 women arrested for unlawful demonstration.pramila jayapal/- d- washington: this is about right and wrong. and we have to stand up, and we have to put ourselves on the line. on wednesday - president trump gave a lukewarm approval for a g-o-p leadership-backed immigration bill...pres donald trump/wednesday: i don't get overly excited with the house bill right now because it's not going to pass in the senate, you're not going to get - you're not going to get the democrats to vote for anything.the house bill failed...by an even wider margin than expected. rep. eric swalwell /-d- california: it's sickening to think about children who to bed not knowing where mom and dad or even their aunt or uncle who brought them here are. we should make that our priority today.this weekend - more protests (pam) there are several protests planned for the bay area.. the march planned tomorrow for san francisco is organized by families belong together san francisco, women's march san francisco, and indivisible s-f. the march is set to start at dolores steet and 18th street. the group plan

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