In Scottsdale, Ariz. on Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was greeted by a protester with a bullhorn who denounced Sessions as “evil” as he outlined the Trump administration’s new “zero tolerance” policy for parents who attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border with children—one that will forcibly separate families and subject parents to prosecution.
“Are you going to be separating families? Is that why you’re here?” the man demanded to know as Sessions’ staffers attempted to remove him from the event. “Why are you doing this? Do you have a heart? Do you have a soul? …You are an evil, evil, evil man!”
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Under the new policy, the Trump administration will strive for a “100 percent” prosecution rate for people who attempt to cross the border. Undocumented immigrants will be sent to detention centers to await trials in federal court, while children will be placed in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
“Today we’re here to send a message to the world that we are not going to let the country be overwhelmed. People are not going to caravan or otherwise stampede our border,” Sessions said, in a reference to the caravan of asylum seekers who arrived from Central America last week after fleeing violence and political unrest in their home countries—several of which have suffered destabilization due to U.S. policies.
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