John Kelly blames Jeff Sessions for 'zero tolerance,' family separations along border
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USA TODAY — John Bacon
The controversial "zero tolerance" immigration policy that led border officials to separate children from their parents was the brainchild of then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and was not handed down from the White House, Chief of Staff John Kelly says.
Kelly, who steps down Wednesday after 18 months in the White House, told the Los Angeles Times the administration had no advance warning of Sessions' plan.
“What happened was Jeff Sessions, he was the one that instituted the zero-tolerance process on the border that resulted in both people being detained and the family separation,†Kelly said. “He surprised us.â€
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/usa_today-john_kelly_blames_jeff_sessions_for_zero_tolerance-rgannett/category/newsTrump fired the man that was doing his best to stop illegal immigration. Sessions was working on deporting MS-13. He was doing his best to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. At the time of separation policy migrants had stopped coming and were waiting in Mexico all on their own for fear of being separated from their children.
