Dem Rep Talks Over Kristi Noem As She Attempts To Refute Claim That Trump Admin Deported US Children

Democratic Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar talked over Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday as she tried to refute her assertion that President Donald Trump’s administration deported children who are U.S. citizens.

News outlets reportedthat the Trump administration deported three American children in April, but government officials said that their two mothers made the choice to bring their kids back to Honduras with them, according to The Washington Post. Escobar suggested during a House Appropriations Committee hearing that the deportations were not conducted properly, but Noem defended the administration’s policy.

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“I’d like to now focus on U.S. citizens who were deported. In fact, three children so far, likely more children. One of those children with cancer who was deported without the medication necessary to address that child’s cancer,” Escobar said. “Again, a U.S. citizen. The lawyers have said the family was not given an opportunity to make plans for the kids, and so they were deported essentially, again, U.S. citizens.”

“The specific cases that you’re referencing with these children, it was the parents’ choice to take their children, which it is the policy of the Trump administration to keep families together,” Noem responded as Escobar talked over her.

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