DHS Secretary Says There's No Family Separation Policy 'Period'

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20. You have to read carefully.

Most aren't because they already know their conclusions. If you don't read carefully, it's an all-or-nothing/I'm-good-you're-evil sort of moralistic battled waged with religious fervor.

They don't separate them at the border.

Once apprehended, they're given the choice of being returned to their countries of origin or filing for asylum.

If they file for asylum, they're detained. When they're detained, they're given notice that if their cases aren't heard in so many days--something that's very unlikely--of what will happen.

By court order, there's a maximum length of time the minors can be housed with their parents in standard cells. If there are family units, then they are housing together. If not, the kids are dealt with to comply with the court's verdict from years ago. *That's* the "policy" that's causing the separation. Compliance with the court order.

The root cause is insisting on enforcing the laws instead of releasing with a hearing date. What we don't like is having the law enforced when we don't like how it plays out; at other times, we insist on law enforcement, when we like the punishment meted out.