news. is he reacting to this in an emotional way? and this official said, no, he thinks the media is cherry-picking these images and the president s aides are actually bringing him pictures showing these detained children smiling and plays games. more on that in a bit. the president has falsely blamed democrats for the situation on the border. he did so again today. i say it s very strongly the democrats fault. they re obstruction. they re obstructionist, and they are obstructing. the united states will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee-holding facility. it won t be. you look at what s happening in europe. you look at what s happening in other places. we can t allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen has been the point person to enforce the latest policy, and she has insisted the white house is
last year, italy and germany formed an anti-immigration, axis. the president today attempting to justify the separation of families seeking asylum appear to cheer on those far right forces in europe. the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won t be. you look at what s happening in europe and what s happening in other places, we can t allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. talk about what s going on here i m joined by my panel. this morning i watched the president s twitter feed i saw his comments and they re indistinguishable from a breitbart article or a stephen
it won t be. you look at what s happening in europe and what s happening in other places, we can t allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. talk about what s going on here i m joined by my panel. this morning i watched the president s twitter feed i saw his comments and they re indistinguishable from a breitbart article or a stephen miller rant or things you would hear from very far right extremist parties in europe, basically we must defend the german people s purity against the criminal interlopers. watching that clip that you just played of the president making those remarks, you could almost see stephen miller over shiz shoulder writing those words down for him. this is classic stephen miller.
krist kristcys kirstjen nielsen. the united states will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won t be. this administration did not create a policy of separating families at the border. it s not a policy. our policy at dhs is to do what we re sworn to do, which is to enforce the law. let me make something clear, steve miller called it a policy. john kelly called it a policy. we ve heard it s democrat s fault. kirstjen nielsen continues to say it s a policy. i ask the white house to get themselves in order, it absolutely is. this situation has prompted at least ten democrats to call specifically for kirstjen nielsen s resignation. there s now a flurry of legislation in the works. i want you to hear me on this. from both parties. to end separations at the border. and both parties when i say people who are immigration hawks say this policy just is
it as a necessity. i say it s very strongly the democrats fault. they re obstruction. they really obstructionists and they are obstructing. the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won t be. the president appears to be lying to the public about intentional decisions that he made and that his administration took. and we know they made those decisions on purpose because we on this very show exclusively reported way back in february of 2017 that the department of homeland security was considering a plan to separate women and children after they ve been detained. at the same time, just shortly after we brought you that reporting, then secretary john kelly laid out explicitly the rational. yes, i am considering in order to deter more movement along this terribly dangerous network, i am considering exactly that, they will be well