Homeland Security Secretary Defends Separating Families Who Cross Border Illegally [npr.org]

Alicia Doktor 5/11/184:00 AM

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the administration's "zero tolerance" policy that calls for separating families who cross the border illegally, saying the undocumented immigrants shouldn't get special treatment.

"That's no different than what we do every day in every part of the United States — when an adult of a family commits a crime," she told NPR. "If you as a parent break into a house, you will be incarcerated by police and thereby separated from your family."

"Illegal aliens should not get just different rights because they happen to be illegal aliens," she added.

[For more on this story by JOHN BURNETT & RICHARD GONZALES, go to https://www.npr.org/2018/05/10...llegal-border-crosse]

For another story on a similar topic, see Under A Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Shun Medical Care.

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