On the Border Detention Centers to try and find some answers. Now, every president , every party has left their fingerprints on the state of our Immigration System today. The reagan administrations Amnesty Policy Drew Widespread Backlash and still gives some nservatives pause today. The Bush Administration had its faults. The administration struggled to handle a spike in migrations amid mass deportations. But at the moment, the Current Administration is separating families from their children at our bor with mexico, not because of a law, but because this administration has chosen to do so. So far despite nearly 2000 children being separated from their families, whats missing from this story are a flood of images of these Young Children. It was images of children, after all, that spurred the president to change course in syria. So far, this young toddler has become the face of this policy. Stop and look at her for just a moment. And remember that there are thousands thousands of other f
fix for this particular policy. he wants funding for that border wall. ken dilanian, the other piece of this, a couple pieces, the homeland security secretary kristen nielsen has reportedly been very frustrated with this behind the scenes, but of course in public we showed her tweet earlier where she says we don t have a policy ofoit they are doing it. also, frankly, the facilities our law enforcement is going to get overwhelmed pretty quickly by the sheer numbers. and what she meant is that it s not their policy to separate kids. it s their policy to have a zero tolerance policy against immigrants and to arrest everybody crossing illegally. you know what, there are a lot of people in the trump base that support that. it is true most countries around the world have a much less generous policy than we do. there is a reason they re not stopping in mexico, they re going to our border. but most americans are not on board th this cruel and punitive policy that stems from current law of
president planning to go up to capitol hill to meet with republican lawmakers there to try to come up with some sort of legislative solution. but he wants more than just a fix for this particular policy. he wants funding for that border wall. ken dilanian, the other piece of this, a couple pieces, the homeland security secretary kristen nielsen has reportedly been very frustrated with this behind the scenes, but of course in public we showed her tweet earlier where she says we don t have a policy of doing this yet they are doing it. also, frankly, the facilities our law enforcement is going to get overwhelmed pretty quickly by the sheer numbers. and what she meant is that it s not their policy to separate kids. it s their policy to have a zero tolerance policy against immigrants and to arrest everybody crossing illegally. you know what, there are a lot of people in the trump base that support that. it is true most countries around the world have a much less generous policy than we
to the border patrol who are the ones who apprehend people at the border. so, they re really solving a problem of trying to find people who are slipping in, not turning themselves in at the border. it is a backward sway they re trying to get at this. it is the president showing he s getting tough, he s seen the fox news reports and he s getting frustrated when he sees the numbers creeping back up at the border. i want to go to peter alexander who is in the briefing room for that briefing. peter, you were trying to get answers out of sarah huckabee sanders as well. that s right, i was focused on syria. i want to go back to the conversation about the wall. one thing that struck me in the back and forth with the homeland secretary kristen nielsen how muchy quantify the wall. they said 150 miles. she said something i thought was important. she referred to renovated or rebuilt or reinforced wall as being part of president trump s wall. in effect saying that wall
mark? sorry. sarah, arizona congressman rub ruben gallego said using the guard would be expensive. we can give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year. what is your response and how concerned is the president about the cost? i don t think you can put a cost on american life. the president sees securing the border as national security issue and protecting americans. if that congressman is so concned main he should show up and support legislation that would fix the problems instead of blaming the president who is trying to do something about it. we d like to see him work with us in partnership and actually do something instead of just complain about it. thanks so much, guys. hope you have a great day. all right. lots of things being covered right now by sarah huckabee sanders in a press briefing that went very, very long. it started with the homeland security secretary kristen nielsen who took questions then to sarah huckabee sanders. a lot of the talk is about