John roberts start us off tonight. Busy day tonight. We wouldnt have it any other way. Late today, the Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at the white house and pointed to a dramatic increase in the number of people crossing the border illegally. More than 50,000 a month for the past three months. 400 increase in the number of socalled family units. But the new Administration Practice of criminally prosecuting people who come across the border illegally has created a very large political problem for the white house. With a storm of outrage growing over the separation of children from illegal immigrants, President Trump today laid the blame squarely on the democrats. I say it very strongly. It is the democrats fault. They are obstructionist. And they are obstructing. Democrats outraged at the Zero Tolerance policy at the border were people who cross illegally are held for criminal
prosecution and separated from any children they may have brought with them. Even some r
Honest with how the Trump Administration can reconcile that claim with images like this and sounds like these. Those are children crying waiting for the parents they have been taken from. The audio obtained by pro publica. This is not separation anxiety, this is separation. Real trauma. We will be joined by a pediatrician that wrote several letters calling for this to stop. In part, because it could lead to this. It was, as we reported and as members of the administration openly stated when they were selling this policy, a
deliberate choice. Now when faced with the consequences and the bipartisan up roar against it, the response has been to deny responsibility and shift the blame. And i say it very strongly, the democrats fault. They are obstructionist and they are obstructing. We are stuck with these horrible laws. What is happening is so sad. It is so sad and it can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and well have safety. This could really be something very special. It could be so
Thinks the media is cherrypicking 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 its very strongly the democrats fault. Theyre obstruction. Theyre obstructionist, and they are obstructing. The United States will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugeeholding facility. It wont be. You look at whats happening in europe. You look at whats happening in other places. We cant 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 enforcing the law, a point she made repeatedly in the white
i am considering exactly that. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you, and that child may be separated from you as requir
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. that s how we were formed. that s how people like his mom came here, like my grandparents, like probably your family. there s more. miller s obsession with minority crime rates, the rebirth of seeing nationalism as a good label. the name has a toxic legacy all over the world, and the people who use it here are white nationalists. still, the white house is defending mr. miller. i know stephen. he loves this country and hates bigotry in all forms, says a deputy press secretary. he s not the only one with kind words for mr. miller.
the book, nameless depraved refugees invade france. the fear, very real of that in the trump white house. just weeks ago, the president nearly halved our refugee program. 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. that s how we were formed. that s how people like his mom came here, like my grandparents, like probably your family. there s more. miller s obsession with minority crime rates, the rebirth of seeing nationalism as a good label. the name has a toxic legacy all over the world, and the people who use it here are white