“Today is just the beginning of our fulfillment of that goal.”
“First of all, I will never be intimidated by anyone, President or not.”
“My message is, 'Do what President Trump said.'”
“I can handle law enforcement. We've got NYPD. I have State Police. We have all the resources we need to keep our streets safe.”

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On the recordJuly 17, 2019
DHS was not fully prepared to implement the administration's zero-tolerance policy or to deal with some of the after-effects.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland
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Editor's note · Context

Cummings references a DHS report criticizing the handling of family separations under zero tolerance.

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