This admission, that the federal government was systematically separating families, was the exact type of action Senator Kamala Harris had asked of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen about during Nielsen’s confirmation process. In response to a question specifically requesting Nielsen report back on whether DHS was drafting or considering separations, Nielsen replied, “I commit to sharing additional policy guidance and appropriate information with Congress.” But she never did. Harris and others, including myself, would get confirmation the policy was being carried out first in the
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