{"id":402827,"date":"2019-04-10T07:28:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/outgoing-dhs-secretary-proudly-separated-families-and-caged-children\/"},"modified":"2019-04-10T07:28:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:28:15","slug":"outgoing-dhs-secretary-proudly-separated-families-and-caged-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/outgoing-dhs-secretary-proudly-separated-families-and-caged-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Outgoing DHS Secretary Proudly Separated Families and Caged Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has been forced out of her role at the helm of President Trump\u2019s immigration policy after reportedly resisting a move by the president to revive his family separation policy at the U.S. border. We look at Nielsen\u2019s legacy with Ren\u00e9e Feltz, a <em>Democracy Now!<\/em> correspondent and producer who has long reported on the criminalization of immigrants, family detention and the business of detention. Nielsen oversaw Trump\u2019s \u201czero tolerance\u201d family separation policy last year and came under fire by Democrats for lying to Congress about the policy, as well as for withholding information on children who died in U.S. custody. At least two children died under Nielsen\u2019s leadership: 8-year-old Felipe Alonzo G\u00f3mez and 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maqu\u00edn.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">AMY<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">GOODMAN<\/span>:<\/strong><span> <\/span>On Sunday,<span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">DHS<\/span><span> <\/span>Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was forced out after reportedly resisting a move by Trump to revive his family separation policy at the U.S. border, but Nielsen oversaw Trump\u2019s \u201czero tolerance\u201d family separation policy, as you\u2019re saying, last year, coming under fire from Democrats for lying to Congress, as well as for withholding information on children who died in U.S. custody. At least two children died under Nielsen\u2019s leadership: 8-year-old Felipe Alonzo G\u00f3mez and 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maqu\u00edn, both in New Mexico. This is Nielsen speaking last year about the conditions of detained migrant children.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">HOMELAND<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">SECURITY<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">SECRETARY<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">KIRSTJEN<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">NIELSEN<\/span>:<\/strong><span> <\/span>It is important to note that these minors are very well taken care of. Don\u2019t believe the press. They are very well taken care of. \u2026 We operate according to some of the highest standards in the country. We provide food, medical, education and all needs that the child requests.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">AMY<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">GOODMAN<\/span>:<\/strong><span> <\/span>This is Democratic Congressmember Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey questioning Nielsen about the conditions children are held in, during a hearing last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">REP<\/span>.<span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">BONNIE<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">WATSON<\/span><span> <\/span><span class=\"caps\">COLEMAN<\/span>:<\/strong><span> <\/span>What does a&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/video\/outgoing-dhs-secretary-proudly-separated-families-and-caged-children\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has been forced out of her role at the helm of President Trump\u2019s immigration policy after reportedly resisting a move by the president to revive his family separation policy at the U.S. border. We look at Nielsen\u2019s legacy with Ren\u00e9e Feltz, a Democracy Now! correspondent and producer who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-402827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}