The Daily 202: Trump team cannot get its story straight on separating migrant families
Trump team cannot get its story straight on separating migrant families From left to right, John DeStefano, Kirstjen Nielsen, Jordan Karem, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Stephen Miller follow President Trump as they walk from the Oval Office to board Marine One. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: “We do not have a policy of separating families at the border,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen tweeted last night. “Period.” This formulation is striking because President Trump’s top domestic policy adviser, Stephen Miller, was quoted in Sunday’s New York Times touting the crackdown. “It was a simple decision by the administration to have a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry,” he said . “Period.” DHS announced last week that around 2,000 children have been taken from their families during the six weeks since the policy went...