CA SR114

Denounces the Trump Administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy implemented in May 2018 that resulted in the separation of approximately 2,500 children from their parents at the border.

Calls for just and humane immigration proceedings that protect family units, ensure child welfare, and provide accessible asylum processes for vulnerable immigrants and asylum seekers.

Criticizes Attorney General Sessions' reversal of the 2014 precedent allowing women fleeing domestic violence and gang violence to qualify for asylum, potentially invalidating tens of thousands of pending claims.

Objects to the federal government's lack of a credible reunification plan for separated children and the Trump Administration's attempt to overturn the Flores Settlement to allow indefinite detention of children with parents.

References opposition from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to family separation policies as traumatic and violative of international law.