it won t be. reporter: the administration struggling to get on the same page today as america watched images of children, hundreds if not thousands, taken from parents under the new trump policy on mattresses in cages flash across screens. the department of homeland security secretary defending the policy. we ll not apologize for the job we do or for the job law enforcement does for doing the job that the american people expect us to do. it is important to note that these minors are very well taken care of. don t believe the press. reporter: though she misleadingly suggested yesterday the policy didn t exist. attorney general jeff sessions who touted the zero-tolerance policy last month if you don t want your child to be separated, then don t bring him across the border illegally. reporter: saying this today we do not want to separate children from their parents. but we do have a policy of
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 he s happening in other places. we can t allow that to happen in the united states, not on my watch. we have the worst immigration laws in the entire world. nobody has such sad, such bad and actually, in many cases, such horrible and tough. you see about child separation, you see what s going on there. but just remember, a country without borders is not a country at all. clearly the president putting the blame on the democrats, not taking any responsibility for the practice being carried out right now by the u.s. justice department and the department of homeland security. a day ago the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen
spoke to the fathers whose children have been ripped from their arms and they have no idea if and when they will see the children again. a policy unacceptable, unjust, un-american and unconscionable. this is the president of the united states in the east room talking about immigration. we will tell you what the event is after. let s watch. president trump: i would say it s strongly the democrats fault. they are obstructionists. they are obstructing. the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugeeolding facility. it won t be. you look at what is happening in europe and other places, we can t allow it to happen to the united states. not on my watch. for the rest of the world, you look atthing that is
i said very strongly, it s the democrats fault. they re obstructionists. 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. dana: i m joined by california republican, jeff denham in california. let me ask you about this hearing about to take place as a judiciary committee on the senate side, this is the first time the inspector general responsible for all of these reports is going to speak publicly about at least this particular report, although i m sure people will try to ask him about others, and the fbi director, christopher wray about his response to the report. congressman ratcliffe told me he has confidence in michael horowitz and chris wray, although he s getting some criticism for maybe thinking
and detention is as harmful as any form of separation. we should not be detaining children and families, and we should absolutely not be separating children from their parents. doctor, thanks for joining us. continue talking to you and your colleagues. right now, the presides speaking in the east room. let s listen. il say it very straight, immigration is the fault and all of the problems that we re having, because we cannot get them to sig legislation. we cannot get them even to the negotiating table. and i say it very strongly, it s the democrat s fault. they re 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. you look at what s happening in