DHS Sec. Nielsen: "We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period."

[Leghorn21]

We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period.

Link to tweet

...yeah, she’s getting some pushback

[SHRED]

1. Heartless bitch

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210746383

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[msongs]

2. yes we let them CROSS the border one foot and then we seperate them nt

[Mc Mike]

3. It's just happening all the time, every time, due to coincidence.

Right, Kierstjen?

[johnp3907]

4. No policy but they're doing it anyway?

Interesting.

[avebury]

5. MSM response should be - How long should

It take to empty out the children detention camps in order to reunite the children with their families.

Lawyers should use her quote to for habeas corpus and for the immediate release of all the children.

[Solly Mack]

6. Lying POS

[hlthe2b]

7. the banality of evil... sheer evil

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. So why is it happening,

and why did Sessions expressly say it was the policy?

[JI7]

9. White Supremacist Trash

[Arkansas Granny]

10. And then we see this when they try to apply for asylum at ports of entry.

At the U.S. border, asylum seekers fleeing violence are told to come back later

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/at-the-us-border-asylum-seekers-fleeing-violence-are-told-to-come-back-later/2018/06/12/79a12718-6e4d-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html

From the same article:

Applying for asylum at a port of entry is a legal means — for many Central Americans and others, it is the only means — of seeking entry into the United States. The Trump administration says the nation’s asylum laws are lax, and on Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a ruling limiting claims from those seeking protection from gang violence and abusive spouses. Asylum is for those fleeing persecution because of their religion, political beliefs or membership in a social group, Sessions said, not fleeing crime.

[nuxvomica]

11. Too late to say it isn't happening

Because the president already blamed it on the Democrats.

[Leghorn21]

12. Via SpicyFiles, an extraordinary researcher:

@SecNielsen watch that first step off your high horse. Some friendly advice, tuck & roll. You thread is riddled with LIES So here are some facts you phuckwit

Link to tweet

[csziggy]

13. Has she read the April 6, 2018 memo from Jeff Sessions?

The one that requires "zero tolerance" and that began this heartless, illegal policy?

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 6, 2018
Attorney General Announces Zero-Tolerance Policy for Criminal Illegal Entry

Attorney General Jeff Sessions today notified all U.S. Attorney’s Offices along the Southwest Border of a new “zero-tolerance policy” for offenses under 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a), which prohibits both attempted illegal entry and illegal entry into the United States by an alien. The implementation of the Attorney General’s zero-tolerance policy comes as the Department of Homeland Security reported a 203 percent increase in illegal border crossings from March 2017 to March 2018, and a 37 percent increase from February 2018 to March 2018—the largest month-to-month increase since 2011.

“The situation at our Southwest Border is unacceptable. Congress has failed to pass effective legislation that serves the national interest—that closes dangerous loopholes and fully funds a wall along our southern border. As a result, a crisis has erupted at our Southwest Border that necessitates an escalated effort to prosecute those who choose to illegally cross our border,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “To those who wish to challenge the Trump Administration’s commitment to public safety, national security, and the rule of law, I warn you: illegally entering this country will not be rewarded, but will instead be met with the full prosecutorial powers of the Department of Justice. To the Department’s prosecutors, I urge you: promoting and enforcing the rule of law is vital to protecting a nation, its borders, and its citizens. You play a critical part in fulfilling these goals, and I thank you for your continued efforts in seeing to it that our laws—and as a result, our nation—are respected.”

On April 11, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a renewed commitment to criminal immigration enforcement. As part of that announcement, the Attorney General issued a memorandum to all federal prosecutors and directed them to prioritize the prosecution of certain criminal immigration offenses.

Today’s zero-tolerance policy further directs each U.S. Attorney’s Office along the Southwest Border (i.e., Southern District of California, District of Arizona, District of New Mexico, Western District of Texas, and the Southern District of Texas) to adopt a policy to prosecute all Department of Homeland Security referrals of section 1325(a) violations, to the extent practicable.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-announces-zero-tolerance-policy-criminal-illegal-entry

Of course she ignored a request from Congress to appear before the House Judiciary Committee. And she obviously did not read the letter from that committee in response to her failure to appear:
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/6.1.2018%20Letter%20to%20DHS%20and%20DOJ.pdf

I don't believe in hell but both Nielsen and Sessions should burn in it for all eternity.

[irisblue]

14. She lies

Why did the WH communications staff release/forcebDHS such a poorly written tweet after Sessions & S. Millers statements? Did they really think the DHS sec statement would make everyone forget Sessions & Miller?

[Trek4Truth]

16. They are making it impossible to enter at the port of entry forcing people to cross

illegally and then bam you get to arrest them. THIS IS ALL BY DESIGN. A very very poor one and one that is about to EXPLODE.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Typical "grain of truth" RW lie...

Yeah, DHS isn't do the separating, that's ICE and Justice. DHS is just picking up the pieces, you know.

[thucythucy]

18. "Who are you going to believe?

Me, or your stinking eyes?"

We do not have a policy.... then those children being bused to tent cities are what? "Crisis actors"?

[GoCubsGo]

19. Liar.

Baldface fucking liar.

[D_Master81]

20. So we're doing this for the children's benefit?

c'mon

[Cha]

21. Fucking GASLIGHTER

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Takket]

22. She is getting...

ANNIHILATED is the replies. Massive ratioing going on....................

i read about 50 replies and i think maybe 2 or 3 were MAGA heads, the rest were calling her an outright liar.

[underthematrix]

23. Right

Link to tweet

[UTUSN]

24. Hookay, Kirstjen old girl, I guess you're on your way out the SHITLER door!1

[ck4829]

25. Really?

[C_U_L8R]

26. Crimes against Humanity

How's that look on your biography?

[PearliePoo2]

27. I doubt if Nielsen (R-piece-of-shit) will read the responses on her Twitter page but I hope she does

She's being brutalized, ganged up on and deservedly so. She's repeatedly being called out as the fucking liar she is.

How she can look herself in the mirror and NOT resign, I don't know. I guess a prerequisite to be a Republican these days is to be an evil, racist monster.

[Gothmog]

28. From AG Holder

Link to tweet