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spanone

(135,862 posts)
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 01:59 PM Dec 2018

Kirstjen Nielsen blames victim who died in her department's custody

Goddamn this mal-administration to hell

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After a 7-year-old migrant girl died in Border Patrol custody, Kirstjen Nielsen said 'this family chose to cross illegally', and critics are outraged she's blaming the death on the family.

The Department of Homeland Security and its secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, are drawing backlash after appearing to blame the death of a seven-year-old migrant girl in Border Patrol custody on the family members who brought her across the US-Mexico border.

In an interview with "Fox & Friends" early Friday morning, Nielsen told the hosts that the girl's death "is just a very sad example of the dangers of this journey" migrants take.

The child arrived in the US on December 6 with her father, as part of a group of 163 migrants who crossed the border illegally in a remote part of the desert in New Mexico, the Washington Post reported Thursday evening.


https://www.businessinsider.com/nielsen-dhs-blame-family-for-7-year-old-migrant-girl-death-2018-12
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Kirstjen Nielsen blames victim who died in her department's custody (Original Post) spanone Dec 2018 OP
Lucifer cannot wait Guppy Dec 2018 #1
And I can't wait until you Lucca2 Dec 2018 #2
Her department seeks out and destroys water sources in the desert. RockRaven Dec 2018 #3
This lady is a disgusting human being Gothmog Dec 2018 #4
If you take them into custody, you take responsibility for their welfare. maxsolomon Dec 2018 #5
Vile POS. Solly Mack Dec 2018 #6
In loco parentis. She should resign. Nt lostnfound Dec 2018 #7

Lucca2

(63 posts)
2. And I can't wait until you
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 02:02 PM
Dec 2018

are brought to justice Nuremberg-style. I have never hated a group so much in current times. The enemy is within...

RockRaven

(14,990 posts)
3. Her department seeks out and destroys water sources in the desert.
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 02:03 PM
Dec 2018

They quite literally, and with malicious intention, make the journey more dangerous and increase the chances of death by dehydration.

maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)
5. If you take them into custody, you take responsibility for their welfare.
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 02:42 PM
Dec 2018

It IS a very sad example of the dangers of the journey, but it doesn't have to be.

NEGLIGENCE is not what we should expect from ICE or BP or any Federal Agency, particularly when it comes to children.

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