This is absurd. Nielsen is literally doubling down on the policy that she claimed didn't exist.
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A zero-tolerance policy is a policy.
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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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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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"They separated families," Nielsen says, referencing the Obama and Bush administrations.
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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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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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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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Nielsen also repeatedly conflated unaccompanied minors with family separation.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
Hello - there has been an over 300% increase in the number of “family” groups crossing illegally alleging - no surprise - fear of persecution. Criminal elements know this & use the children. DOCUMENTED
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Thanks for repeating a line, almost word for word, from Nielsen's briefing. That has nothing to do with the policy being enforced that has led to this crisis.
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