Homeland Security chief defends Trump's misstatement on border apprehensions
by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times
Mar 06, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen sparred with newly empowered House Democrats over President Donald Trump's immigration policies Wednesday, defending his recent misstatement that border apprehensions were at an all-time high.
Nielsen called on Congress to address what she described as a growing emergency along the southern border even as Democrats pressed her to explain administration policies they condemned as inhumane and ineffective.
Nielsen defended Trump's recent misstatement that
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