WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Monday after the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that after being forcibly separated from their parents, two immigrant children in Connecticut will be reunited with their family. A federal judge in Connecticut ruled that the Trump administration’s forced separation was unconstitutional.

“What President Trump has been doing to these families is illegal and unconstitutional. The courts continue to say that, but he continues to do it. I’m glad that these kids are being reunited with their parents, but the emotional damage caused by this separation will never heal. There is an evil to what’s happening here. I don’t know why anybody would want to terrorize these kids in the way that his administration has, and it’s unfortunate that we have had to go to court over and over again to try to do the right thing for these children.”

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