Kirstjen Nielsen: “The consequence of any adult going to jail in this country is they are separated from their child.”

Military bases are not child care facilities and it is impossible to conceive how someone could confuse the two.

The children are not being used as a pawn. We are trying to protect the children.

Border security policies should protect the integrity of our immigration system and our Nation's commitment to extending protection to those in need of safety--particularly children.

There is nothing humane about a system that contemplates what we see today, that contemplates 60,000 children coming across the border unaccompanied...