Rep. Ilhan Omar said the migrant children being held in detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border are treated worse than animals.
The Minnesota Democrat said it is “human” for immigrants coming to the country illegally to find another way to cross the border if they are turned away at a port of entry because their survival depends on it.
“These people are faced with cruel decisions, inhumane decisions on what they should do to make their children’s lives better and what they should do to make their own lives better,” she said Saturday at Netroots Nation, an annual conference touting progressive priorities.