Elijah Cummings actually said...

DHS was not fully prepared to implement the administration's zero-tolerance policy or to deal with some of the after-effects.

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

07/17/2019

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I keep hearing this word, entitlement. And sometimes I have to, I think it is social insurance.

I want to thank her for these efforts, and I ask that her entire letter be included in the hearing record.

At some point questions should arise if procedures are not being properly followed by those judges.

These actions are reprehensible, and they diminish the confidence that most Americans have in this program.