Sheila Jackson Lee wants Trump administration prosecuted over separated families

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, recently called for the Trump administration to be prosecuted for its failure to timely reunite migrant families.

See images of the emotional reunification of migrant families. less Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, recently called for the Trump administration to be prosecuted for its failure to timely reunite migrant families.

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On Sunday, Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee ‏said Trump officials should be prosecuted for their failure to reunite separated migrant families.

"It's time for criminal action against the Trump Administration for what is happening to children who are yet to be reunited with their mothers," Jackson Lee wrote on Twitter.

This is the second time this month Jackson Lee suggested action against the Trump administration.

60% of the American people do not want a border wall but 100% of the American people want children to be #reunited with their mothers. It's time for criminal action against the Trump Administration for what is happening to children who are yet to be reunited with their mothers. — Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) July 30, 2018

In a recent press conference held outside a Houston migrant detention center, Jackson Lee said the "administration must be held in contempt" for the way it has gone about reunifying families.

Last week, the government failed to meet its court-ordered deadline to reunite migrant families.

Officials said 711 children remain in government custody, the majority of their parents already having been deported.

Of the 1,442 reunifications that have taken place, the process has been described as clumsy and chaotic.

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