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White House blasts Merkley after his attempt to visit a shelter for migrant children
The White House on Monday blasted Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) over his criticism of an administration policy that will increase family separations at the border.
Merkley — who's called the Trump administration’s handling of children and families “cruel” — livestreamed on Sunday an attempt to enter a Texas shelter for unaccompanied minors.
He was turned away and later tweeted criticism of the decision.
“I was barred entry. Asked repeatedly to speak to a supervisor — he finally came out and said he can’t tell us anything. Police were called on us,” he wrote. “Children should never be ripped from their families & held in secretive detention centers.”
White House blasts Merkley after his attempt to visit a shelter for migrant children
The White House on Monday blasted Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) over his criticism of an administration policy that will increase family separations at the border.
Merkley — who's called the Trump administration’s handling of children and families “cruel” — livestreamed on Sunday an attempt to enter a Texas shelter for unaccompanied minors.
He was turned away and later tweeted criticism of the decision.
“I was barred entry. Asked repeatedly to speak to a supervisor — he finally came out and said he can’t tell us anything. Police were called on us,” he wrote. “Children should never be ripped from their families & held in secretive detention centers.”