Kristi Noem Shuts Down Rep. Escobar’s False Claims About Family Separations Under the Trump Administration (Video)
by Margaret Flavin May. 6, 2025 12:40 pm
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security./Image: Video screenshot.Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is testifying today before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
During questioning, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) peddled the claim that the Trump administration is “separating” families, but Secretary Noem shut the congresswoman down by reminding her it was the parents’ choice to take their children.
Rep. Escobar: I’d like to now focus on US citizens who were deported. In fact, three children so far, likely more children. One of those children with cancer who was deported without the medication necessary to address that child’s cancer. Again, a US citizen. The lawyers have said that the family was not given an opportunity to make plans for the kids, and so they were deported, essentially, again, US citizens.
I have a question about the forms that ICE is supposed to utilize when engaging with parents who have children, the parents who are being deported and the US citizen children. One of those forms is ICE Form 71-078 or the Caregiver Designation at Arrest Form. Were any of the individuals who were deported, who had US citizen children deported with them, were they given an opportunity to sign that form?
Secretary Noem: When the specific cases that you’re referencing with these children, it was the parents’ choice to take their children.
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