Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are completely unacceptable if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday. Dr. Amy Cohen, a psychiatrist and executive director of the advocacy group Every Last One, said a 15-year-old Honduran boy she is working with was held on a bus from Saturday to Wednesday, using the bus bathroom during that time and unable to move about freely or communicate with family. The boy encountered at least three other children who were held as long in the parking lot of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, said Cohen, who also has been in contact with another child who was confined earlier to a bus for an extended period.
Pro-life demonstrators hold up signs during the 2020 March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24, 2020. | The Christian Post
The nation’s top health official denied the existence of a federal law that bans partial-birth abortions nationwide during a congressional hearing this week, receiving criticism from a prominent pro-life activist organization.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., asked Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra during Wednesday’s House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee hearing if the administration would uphold legislation banning partial-birth abortion.
Bilirakis also asked Becerra, the former attorney general of California and former member of Congress, if he believed the practice was illegal.
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Gaza: Israeli airstrikes destroy international media offices, kill children
Jawad Mehdi, the owner of the Jala Tower, said an Israeli intelligence officer warned him he had just one hour to ensure the evacuation of the building.
Joe Biden has a short fuse behind closed doors and gets impatient when aides can t answer his questions as he s obsessed with getting every detail before making a decision
Those familiar with Biden s decision-making style said he s quick to cut off conversations, or even hang up, when he thinks someone is wasting his time
His temper flared during a March 30 meeting with Xavier Becerra, head of Health and Human Services
Biden was frustrated by Becerra s inability to answer questions about the situation with migrant children
Earlier in March the president was angered by his senior advisers admitting they had not gone to the border
US officials say reports of migrant children in buses are unacceptable Share Updated: 10:32 AM PDT May 15, 2021 By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press
US officials say reports of migrant children in buses are unacceptable Share Updated: 10:32 AM PDT May 15, 2021
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