Today's move was the result of days of outrage, after it emerged that more than 2,000 children had been separated from their parents at the border.
Images of the facilities where unaccompanied children were detained - literal cages in many cases - shocked both Democrats and Republicans.
Senate Republicans introduce legislation that aims to keep families together
It's a seven page bill produced by Republicans in response to the outrage of recent days.
Under the bill children under 18 would be kept with their families in residential centres.
They would be "secure and safe" and children would be separated from adults who are not their parents or who have serious criminal records.
The legislation states that the government would prioritise family processing and would make 1,000 additional beds and immigration judges available.
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The problems with the terms, however, are the same as those with Trump's Executive Order. There doesn't appear to be a time limit on detention, and it potentially exposes children to illegal conditions of detention.
Paul Ryan earlier announced that the House of Representatives would vote on the bill. It was negotiated as a compromise between Republican conservatives and moderates.
Senate Republicans introduce legislation that aims to keep families together
It's a seven page bill produced by Republicans in response to the outrage of recent days.
Under the bill children under 18 would be kept with their families in residential centres.
They would be "secure and safe" and children would be separated from adults who are not their parents or who have serious criminal records.
The legislation states that the government would prioritise family processing and would make 1,000 additional beds and immigration judges available.
The problems with the terms, however, are the same as those with Trump's Executive Order. There doesn't appear to be a time limit on detention, and it potentially exposes children to illegal conditions of detention.
Paul Ryan earlier announced that the House of Representatives would vote on the bill. It was negotiated as a compromise between Republican conservatives and moderates.
It's a seven page bill produced by Republicans in response to the outrage of recent days.
Under the bill children under 18 would be kept with their families in residential centres.
They would be "secure and safe" and children would be separated from adults who are not their parents or who have serious criminal records.
The legislation states that the government would prioritise family processing and would make 1,000 additional beds and immigration judges available.
The problems with the terms, however, are the same as those with Trump's Executive Order. There doesn't appear to be a time limit on detention, and it potentially exposes children to illegal conditions of detention.
Paul Ryan earlier announced that the House of Representatives would vote on the bill. It was negotiated as a compromise between Republican conservatives and moderates.
