AG Sessions Speaks Out Amid Contentious Debate On The ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Policy

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen just spoke at a national sheriff’s gathering in New Orleans and briefly addressed the debate on the controversial “zero-tolerance” policy.

Nielsen SLAMMED the press.

"We are doing none of those things": Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen says misinformation in recent weeks accuses DHS of "intentionally doing things that are unhumanitarian" https://t.co/s2Drb5Ba2Z pic.twitter.com/Ej2MQKEiXK

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 18, 2018

"Don't believe the press": Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen says minors separated from parents at the border are "well taken care of" according to "some of the highest standards in the country" https://t.co/METcjhQ4TR pic.twitter.com/SQnONeQHtS

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 18, 2018

Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen: drug trade is a "key driver of desperation and violence on both sides of the border" pic.twitter.com/Q14eP5p5vB

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 18, 2018

DHS Sec. Nielsen: "Illegal actions have and must have consequences."

"No more free passes. No more get-out-of-jail-free cards. No more lawlessness." https://t.co/WQ8wgcIwTO pic.twitter.com/XJqa2B1vpd

— ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2018

Sessions also spoke out.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions remembers the 1960's and 1970's as a time when "people commit crimes all over the place" to no consequences during an address to the Sheriff's Association https://t.co/9GTfsZFe00 pic.twitter.com/PXtrIjgip7

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 18, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "We do not want to separate children from their parents. We do not want adults to bring children into this country unlawfully, either." https://t.co/VIjSjSiYbz pic.twitter.com/vkDeAaTUgj

— ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2018

We want adults to stop putting kids in danger and bringing them here illegally. It’s really quite simple.