you know, certainly he s behaved like that before. in the dream act context. even if you think about using children as pawns, think about the chip legislation that was held up long for children s health. yes. but in a larger budget debate. he was fighting for his wall. there is something that the president and the president alone needs to change. he can do it tonight if he s listening. meanwhile, homeland security secretary neilsen said this today. there has been much outcry, consternation and misinformation from many in the press and congress and advocacy groups over the last few weeks that we at dhs are intentionally doing things that are unhumanitarian, cruel, immoral and disgraceful. we are doing none of those things. we are enforcing the laws passed by congress. it is important to note that
zblfr there are tough questions for many people watching the imanls. this is not who we are as a country. it has to stop. it has to stop. what do you think secretary neilsen should do? i think she is not equipped based on the conduct and the procedures and policies she is promulgated. i don t think she is equipped to do the job that it needs to be done which is that there should be values that are at play that are consistent with who we say we are as americans. the government should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing families apart. not tearing children from their parents. case that s we ve heard of a child being breast fed and taken from their mother.
if the democrats come to the table. everybody wants to do it. we want to do it more than they do. if they come to the table instead of playing politics, we can do it quickly. attempts to deflect blame on to democrats, the president is facing increasing pressure to end the policy, even those within the own republican party. in a statement today, nebraska senator ben sass wrote, family separation is wicked. it is harmful to kids. and absolutely should not be the default u.s. policy. americans are better than that. that is from a republican in nebraska. late today, ted cruz announced he introduce emergency legislation to keep families together after they cross the border. they report that even as pressure increases on trump to change the policy, sources say trump views the issue as leverage and will try to get funding for a border wall for a rollback of the policy. secretary neilsen rejected that notion and joined the president pointing the finger at congress. it is clearly within the
using children to pose as family units to gain entry into this country. so that was this morning. yesterday, secretary neilsen tweeted this. we do not have a policy. period. it was announce in the may. it is important to note in the middle of these conflicting claims, much of the outrage isn t about that but about the cruelty of what we re seeing. this photo going viral. a 2-year-old girl crying as an officer detains her mother. and then another of a frightened little boy as his dad is taken into custody. and it is never a good day when your own first lady of your party calls it cruel or immoral or the sit go first lady, herself an immigrant, suggests the country needs govern with
ov oversight committee and whethat they will say. if you are the epa administerror and two change the locks, you have to watch out. i think scott pruitt is the wrong person to head the epa. president trump is also denying that chief of staff john kelly s influence in the white house is on the wane. the washington post reporting the relationship is tense with kelly threatening to resign with disagreements over the president. he grew some frustrated in march over the firing of david shulkin that he told colleagues i m out of here. he had to be calmed down by james mattis and homeland security secretary neilsen. and tensions with china escalate. larry kudlow says beijing has not wanted to talk after the