DHS secretary panics under questioning from Kamala Harris: We do not 'detain' children, we 'care for [View all]
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DHS secretary panics under questioning from Kamala Harris: We do not ‘detain’ children, we ‘care for them’
10 Oct 2018 at 11:19 ET
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At a Senate hearing on Thursday, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) suggested that DHS had violated federal statutes by detaining children longer than is legally allowed.
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“How do you reconcile the IG report with your testimony this morning?” Harris pressed.
“We do not detain children,” Nielsen insisted. “What we do is, when we apprehend them at a border patrol station, we process them. And as soon as there is room in an HHS facility, we transfer them.”
“So does the processing involve detention?” Harris wondered.
“It’s not a detention facility!” Nielsen exclaimed.
“Do they stay in CPB custody? Do they spend the night there?” the California senator tried again, appearing annoyed.
“We are not able to, under the law, put them anywhere else,” Nielsen replied. “So, we will care for them until bed space opens at a detention facility at HHS.”
“In other words, you do detain children,” Harris remarked.....................
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