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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, January 17, 2020, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) (pictured), a Toledo Democrat whose ninth congressional district extends to Cleveland and chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, will join Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX), chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and other congressional members on a Congressional delegation to Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico to investigate the impacts of the Trump administration's remain in Mexico policy and the use of tent court facilities to adjudicate "Remain in Mexico" asylum cases.

The "Remain in Mexico" policy, officially called the Department of Homeland Security's Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), is a Trump administration policy that forces asylum-seekers from Central America to wait in Mexico during their claims process, the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday announcing that it plans to investigate the matter

Kaptur will be accompanied by Baldemar Velasquez, co-founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO.

Rep. Kaptur and Mr. Velasquez have worked closely on issues related to farm labor in North America for many years.

This delegation trip marks approximately one year since the remain in Mexico policy was implemented on Jan. 25, 2019.

The Remain in Mexico policy has turned away approximately 60,000 migrants.

Thousands of families are being forced to wait in dangerous border towns in Mexico as they go through the asylum process, which can take months.

Members will cross the border to visit asylum-seekers in Matamoros, which has the largest tent camp of its kind on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Afterwards, the delegation will tour the tent court facilities in Brownsville, Texas. The tent court facilities have been shrouded in secrecy and there have been multiple reports of due process violations.

Following the tour of the tent court, the members will brief the press on their impressions from their visit to the tent court and discussions with families under the Remain in Mexico policy.