Sanders’s reasons were obvious. She and her colleagues were getting slammed with questions from journalists about why migrant children were being separated from their parents while crossing the border over the last several days. The situation was fast becoming a humanitarian crisis. John Kelly had opposed the policy when immigration officials first proposed it in March 2017 and he was the homeland security secretary. “No way. Not on my watch,” he told his team. Kelly had held them off for many months, including after he was named White House chief of staff. Once
