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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Nielsen also made clear that DHS could consider a lack of documentation of familial status to be a reason for separating parents and children.

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      The law does not require the zero-tolerance policy that the administration has decided to use as its justification for separating parents and children.

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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      "They separated families," Nielsen says, referencing the Obama and Bush administrations.

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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Nielsen: "The kids are being used as pawns by the smugglers and traffickers." / In response to a question about the family separation being used as leverage for the bill (with wall funding)

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Nielsen says it's "incorrect" to say that people seeking asylum are being turned away from ports of entry. "We're not turning them away," she says, saying they are telling people to come back when they don't have space. (Which is turning them away.)

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      IN SUM: Nielsen told the press that a discretionary policy decision — zero-tolerance enforcement — was a "law" that created this problem. Then said that people need to seek asylum at ports of entry — even though people seeking asylum are being turned away from ports of entry.

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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Nielsen also repeatedly conflated unaccompanied minors with family separation.

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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Daniel Dale

      Beyond everything else, this is an extraordinarily dense argument because there was so much outrage over the Kate Steinle's killing that it fueled a significant portion of Trump's campaign.https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1008829142576652295 …

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      Daniel DaleVerified account @ddale8
      Sanders goes Stephen Miller, talking about illegal immigrants murdering Americans and thus separating those Americans' families from them because they're dead. "Where's the outrage over *that* separation?" she says.
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    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Incredible that in the middle of this, Nielsen literally says, "What has changed is that we no longer exempt entire classes of people who break the law. Everyone is subject to prosecution." This change is *precisely* what led to this separation crisis. https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1008836005292474369 …pic.twitter.com/ZM2VtvZobJ

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    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Hence, they know exactly what's going on, know they've created this crisis, and know they could stop it. It makes Nielsen et al's "offense" and blank stares and claims that the law requires this all the more intolerable as an explanation.

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Zeke Miller

      So, they are using children for leverage. The end.https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/1008841282901499904 …

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      Zeke MillerVerified account @ZekeJMiller
      The White House says it would reject a narrow fix to address children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it wants Congress to "fix the whole thing." @PressSec: "We want to fix the whole thing, we don't want to tinker with just part of it."
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Frank Thorp V

          Oof. Looks like Susan Collins has turned a corner:https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1008842785359908866 …

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          Frank Thorp VVerified account @frankthorp
          COLLINS: “The (Trump Admin) has the authority to fix this immediately” Q: Nielsen says Congress alone can fix it. COLLINS: “That is not the case, otherwise how could the previous two administrations have rejected this approach” *pauses* “That’s amazing that she said that...”
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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

          Republicans Say They Don’t Like Trump’s Family Separation Policy But It's Not Clear What They'll Do About It https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/republicans-say-they-dont-like-trumps-family-separation?utm_term=.gg53yY3pb … from @pdmcleod & @LissandraVilla

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        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jun 18

          Trump Keeps Telling Us There's A Crisis At The Border. The Numbers Say That's Not True. https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/trumps-crisis-at-the-border-not-backed-by-numbers?utm_term=.spD86K8xy … by @aflores

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        1. yoko‏ @yokosukie Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @roripierpont1

          “I’d hate for something bad to happen to these children, so give me my wall.” The potus is a two bit mobster.

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        1. Meh. [CleverNameHere]‏ @MscMainliner Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          *Holding them hostage.

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        1. Dennese Edgerton‏ @LilleyDennese Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Which is a terrorist move

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        1. Red Lori Bright Eyes‏ @RedloraineV Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @mirandayaver

          We don't negotiate w terrorists

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        1. Carol Dahlberg‏ @RVnGrammy Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Kidnap for ransom is a felony.

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        1. AVeryStableGenius‏ @JoanneTyree Jun 20
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @jtacuff

          honestly, that was never in doubt, was it?

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        1. tinyideas‏ @tinyideas1 Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Not quite the end. Our press just sat there, timidly lobbing softball questions - after waiting hours for the water-carrier ‘flown in special’ for them. Come on. The lives of thousands of children are being irrevocably changed while people parse words.

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        1. Flight Attendant‏ @flightbomb Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Flight Attendant Retweeted Mary Louise Kelly

          https://twitter.com/NPRKelly/status/1008697436548861952 …

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          Mary Louise KellyVerified account @NPRKelly
          Secretary Nielsen to @NPR on May 10: "Operationally what that means is we will have to separate your family." The full interview: https://n.pr/2I6nxOz  https://twitter.com/SecNielsen/status/1008467414235992069 …
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        1. Julie Kay  🎶‏ @JulieKay0914 Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Thank you for your report. That had to be as brutal to watch as it was to listen.

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        1. No one‏ @ungubunugu1274 Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:

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        1. No one‏ @ungubunugu1274 Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:

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        1. bbnanny‏ @NanbumHall Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          No their trying to fix the broken system, which Dems don’t want. They want open borders

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        1. a little bit Andrea Martin, a little bit Kate Bush‏ @n69n Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me no Dems are dumb enough to fall for this!!!

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        1. Lynne Shine‏ @Lynne_Shine Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          No at some point ppl have to stop thinking they can do whatever they want whenever they want and there won’t be consequences

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        1. Poetical‏ @Poetical20 Jun 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Period. As they say in the WH.

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