When you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. Now, we don’t have to prosecute them, but then we’re not prosecuting them for coming in illegally. That’s not good

Donald Trump

I support, and all of the members of the Republican conference support, a plan to keep families together while their immigration status is determined

Mitch McConnell
Republican majority leader

The issue of how to deal with the children of parents trying to come to this country illegally has rightly become a focus of our immigration debate. While we are a nation of laws, we must always show compassion in the enforcement of those laws

Kevin Cramer
Republican congressman, North Dakota