"Tearing kids & their parents apart like this immoral. Ma'am, it's un-American and it's just plain wrong."@RepUnderwood says to Kristjen Nielsen, who is visibly annoyed. A protester then jumps up & calls her a "domestic abuser", before getting removed from the #NielsenHearing.pic.twitter.com/JpQxg1cPAq
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@BennieGThompson asks if children are still in cages. Nielsen's response: KN: Sir they are not cages. Chairman: What are they? KN: They are areas of the border facility that are carved out for the safety and protection of those who remain...
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"The choreography is...amazing. When the dems ask a question… you never have the answer... & you're gonna get back to us. When the repubs ask a question... you're right on top of that w/ stats & #'s. You got it all right down there in front of ya." -
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"There is a great deal of obfuscation… you say <zero tolerance> is not a policy it’s the law / you’re obeying the law / no it is a policy, you’re not doing it now / if you’re not doing it are you breaking the law. Which is it?"
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"...You said cyber security is a red light that's blinking & that's the most dangerous thing that's facing this country. Yet you requested $8 billon for a wall & only $1.35 billion to deal w/ cyber security. That seems to me a kinda misplaced priorities there."
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@repdinatitus on the border personnel vacancy problems with@DHSgov: "... It's kinda interesting you paid $1.9 million to@Accenture to help you w/ that problem & they've hired <only> 35 agents. Yeah, I'd say there is a pretty big management problem."#NielsenHearingpic.twitter.com/vXCM60pfD1Show this thread
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