border i willegally. yesterday they acknowledged 471 were deported. >> were you aware that the zero-tolerance policy would lead to minors being separated from their parents? >> as we increase consequences when they break the law -- >> i have such limited time, madame secretary. i'm sure that you can appreciate that. >> we in this country do not take the children to jail. >> so i take that is a yes. >> nielsen also againdefended t president declaring a national emergency so he could get funding for a border wall. even many republicans are now voicing skepticism about that move. jessica schneider has more. >> reporter: democrats hammering secretary nielsen so the zero-tolerance policy that resulted in children being separated from their families last summer and they also grilled into whether president trump's emergency declaration to build his border wall is really necessary. secretary nielsen defended the president and she stuck to the