DHS secretary panics under questioning from Kamala Harris: We do not 'detain' children, we 'care for
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Source: raw story
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.
Its 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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The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)She does not take any bullshit. She is tough as nails. I love having her on our side!
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)Snackshack
(2,541 posts)She is doing a very fine job as a Senator, for that I am very thankful. Senator Franken was excellent at cross examination of hearing subjects. When he got resigned I feared that was lost but she is very good at pinning people down and getting answers. Given her back ground that is not surprising but what she did vs. what she is doing now are two very different arenas.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Shes partly responsible for him being gone. Personally that reminds me of that baggage she carries.
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Doing that....my mistake, because looking back in Google clearly she did. I saw Sen. Gillibrand making comments but not Sen. Harris. Thats unfortunate. Thank you.
Auggie
(31,186 posts)calimary
(81,466 posts)I watched her calm, controlled, clear-eyed questioning of Kavanaugh as he frantically and furiously danced around the room. Flapping and almost literally foaming at the mouth. I wonder how much spit flew from his mouth as he yowled and bellowed.
Meanwhile she stayed as cool as a cucumber. Impressive. And magnificent. Glad shes on our side!
tblue37
(65,487 posts)bdamomma
(63,922 posts)to lock Nielsen up. How can they look at themselves in a mirror. People are abusing these children. There was a thread here.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)to "lock her up" - they just need to "process" her!
See how she would choke on her own BULLSHIT!!!!!
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)That can't be too hard to understand.
djacq
(1,634 posts)Theres going to be a microscope turned on over this most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
Blue Wave is coming.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)What has happened to these children while in "processing" is a human rights violation. I can't believe the UN is NOT investigating this for what it is - an atrocity.
They_Live
(3,240 posts)human trafficking. child abuse, etc.
slumcamper
(1,606 posts)Steady and unwavering, sharp and incisive, and resolute.
I can imagine her as Commander-in-Chief. Can you?
green917
(442 posts)Im a little uncertain of her foreign policy chops and some of her policy positions but she's really impressed me since joining judiciary.
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Danes are some of the most generous, open minded people on earth. I remember when a visitor from Denmark almost got arrested for leaving her kiddie in a stroller outside a restaurant while she ate. Told the cops it was done in her country all the time so the kids could get some sun while they napped. No one there would ever think of harming a child and no one ever did.
Meanwhile, Neilsen is jailing toddlers.
George Eliot
(701 posts)No sorting system or tracking system? She should not be managing a KMart store much less DHS a cabinet level position.
ROB-ROX
(767 posts)California does hI think this country would be doing better if all elected people did there job. Their are to many who are BOUGHT for A LITTLE MONEY AND THEY SCREW THE PUBLIC.........
SKKY
(11,821 posts)...I like her policies, and there is no way she would allow Trump to run her over in a debate.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)I'd take her over Bloomberg anytime. I think Kamala is one of us.
SKKY
(11,821 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,995 posts)Mad-in-Mo
(229 posts)but the chain link fences and bars say otherwise.