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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked Noem if she would support his legislation to reunite children who were separated from their parents “as a result of the so-called family separation policy in the last administration.”
“Senator, the Trump administration never had a family separation policy. They had a zero-tolerance policy, which said that our laws would be followed,” Noem replied.
The policy required the prosecution of all adults who illegally crossed the southern border, with no exceptions for asylum seekers or those accompanied by minors. One indirect result was that roughly 3,000 illegal immigrant children were separated from the adults they crossed the border with….
Kristi Noem, DHS Secretary Nominee, Appears Before Senate Panel
