Kamala Harris grills Homeland Security secretary on separating parents from kids at border
By Luis Sanchez - 05/16/18 09:52 AM EDT
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Tuesday for the administration's policy of separating kids from their parents.
Harris asked Nielsen at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental affairs committee hearing on national security needs and authorities if President Trump directed her “to separate parents from children as a method of deterrence of undocumented immigration?â€
Nielsen answered that she had not been directed to do so “for purposes of deterrence.â€
Asked why she is separating families, Nielsen said her decision “has been that anyone who breaks the law will be prosecuted.â€
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