.@SecNielsen confirms that she's aware of parents who have been separated from their children & deported without them, but says "there was no parent who has been deported to my knowledge without multiple opportunities to take their children with them."pic.twitter.com/i63tlQkYuN
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REP UNDERWOOD: "From what I've heard today, I'm not sure if DHS was so negligent they didn't know how traumatic family separation was for children, or if they knew & did it anyway. In my opinion both are unacceptable."
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NIELSEN on what she did when she saw "pictures of babies in cages": "I spent a tremendous amount of time working with the northern triangle in Mexico to stop the phenomena closer to the source, to help stabilize those areas so that the children & families are not traveling here."pic.twitter.com/ewUppZtxYZ
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@RepKathleenRice, Nielsen justifies family separations: "The consequence of any adult going to jail is being separated from their child" Nielsen then refuses to admit CBP is putting kids in cages "Don't mislead the committee,"@BennieGThompson tells herpic.twitter.com/QwAPOyEOGdAfficher cette discussion -
NIELSEN: "Sir, they're not cages!" THOMPSON: "What are they?" NIELSEN: "They are areas of the border facility that are carved out for the safety and protection of those who remain there while they're being processed."pic.twitter.com/0yjbpPbjDY
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@repdinatitus: You testified that you had never met a DREAMer last year. Is that still true? NIELSEN: [a bunch of words dodging the question]pic.twitter.com/GdbnXAJrd3Afficher cette discussion -
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@RepBonnie: What is a chainlink fence enclosed into a chamber on a concrete floor? A cage?@SecNielsen: It's a detention space, mam REP BONNIE: Is it different from what you put dogs in? NIELSEN: Yes REP BONNIE: In what sense? NIELSEN: It's larger B: Sounds like a dog cagepic.twitter.com/hcIEv4zwrEAfficher cette discussion -
NIELSEN says that "so far this year" three children have died in CBP custody. She says she hasn't spoken with the affected families.pic.twitter.com/7ktpSEGFWR
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Wow.
@RepBarragan berates Nielsen over her apparent lack of knowledge of US asylum law.pic.twitter.com/mYAo5MMZB5Afficher cette discussion -
BARRAGAN: "You said you waited to give direction on how to implement the zero tolerance policy, because you wanted to do it with compassion. Do you know how outrageous that sounds? You wanted to separate children and families and you wanted to do it with compassion?!"pic.twitter.com/VlMA1a4VD1
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Under questioning from
@RepMaxRose, Nielsen struggles to explain how a border wall would do anything to curtail drugs from being smuggled into the country via ports of entry, as the vast majority of them arepic.twitter.com/HaWROlMcFFAfficher cette discussion -
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@RepAlGreen: "White babies would not be treated the way these babies of color are being treated... this is about color."pic.twitter.com/xe5R4QtgPPAfficher cette discussion -
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@RepValDemings: How many CBP officers have died in the line of duty during this "crisis"? NIELSEN: Zero. DEMINGS: How many seriously injured? NIELSEN: Happy to get you that information.pic.twitter.com/SylknojGHGAfficher cette discussion -
Elections have consequences: DHS
@SecNielsen's first public hearing before the new, Democratically-controlled Congress was a disasterhttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/6/18253396/nielsen-cages-family-separations-house-homeland-security-committee …Afficher cette discussion
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