Acting DHS Sec. McAleenan tells members of Congress on Thursday that migrant children are only separated from their parents at the border under rare circumstances.
WASHINGTON — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan told members of Congress on Thursday that migrant children are only separated from their parents at the border under rare circumstances.
McAleenan was responding to a series of recent incidents described by Democratic members before and during his testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee. Members referenced incidents in which children were separated from parents who had minor violations, including a prior charge of marijuana possession or a woman who was arrested in a gang roundup after she had been abused by the gang.
Separations of parents from young children were"likely due to another reason" beyond simply crossing the border illegally, he said.
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