The US House of Representatives has passed a $4.5bn emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the US-Mexico border. And we are protecting families because families belong together,” Pelosi said in a subsequent floor speech. It seeks to mandate improved standards of care at “influx shelters” that house children waiting to be placed with sponsors such as family members in the US. The White House has threatened to veto the House bill, saying it would hamstring the administration’s border security efforts. Sanders announced Tuesday that would be stepping down next month amid outrage over his agency’s treatment of detained migrant children.

Source: The Guardian June 26, 2019 02:37 UTC