UPDATE from @PressSec, per pool: "The briefing will be delayed until 5pm so that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen can join me and answer questions regarding immigration."
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Chris Geidner Retweeted Oliver Darcy
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Nielsen is up, with an upbeat demeanor ... not exactly fitting the day.
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Nielsen, after saying — at length — that loopholes are to blame, flat out says that they have changed the way they are enforcing laws, which is what has led to the significant rise in parent-child separations.
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Nielsen: "Illegal immigrants ... have put their children at risk."
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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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I attempted to explain that it was not a law to a Trump supporter. It was a mistake I will not repeat. The Fox News talking points are on lock.
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Chris Geidner Retweeted Chris Geidner
Here’s where Nielsen admitted they made a change that led to this crisis:https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1008839584598327296?s=21 …
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I don’t even know how you prove that your child is yours. Birth certificates are in the language of the country that they’re fleeing. Are they providing on the spot verification? Because if not the outcome is the same. Your child is gone.
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