CA AJR46

Urges President Trump, Attorney General Sessions, the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies to immediately cease implementation of the "zero tolerance" immigration policy at the southwest border

Calls on federal officials to refrain from proposing additional immigration policies deemed inhumane in the future

Notes that nearly 2,000 children, some as young as 8 months old, were separated from their asylum-seeking parents and labeled "unaccompanied minors" under the zero tolerance policy implemented in May 2018

Calls for compassion and decency for all individuals, families, and children arriving at U.S. borders seeking a better life

References that between 2007 and 2016, an average of 23,669 individuals annually were granted asylum in the United States