Ranking Member Nadler Gives Notice to Acting AG Whitaker, HHS Secretary Azar, & DHS Secretary Nielsen Demanding Answers on Family Separation Policies
Today, Congressman
The full text of the letter can be found below and here (https://jerroldnadler.house.gov/components/redirect/r.aspx?ID=470549-70880848):
The Honorable
Acting Attorney General
The Honorable Kirstjen M. Nielsen
Secretary
The Honorable
Secretary
Dear Acting Attorney General Whitaker, Secretary Nielsen, and Secretary Azar:
As you are no doubt aware, Members of the
In addition, your agencies have been--at best--inconsistent in your public statements on these issues. As we have cited in previous letters, Secretary Nielsen publicly stated there was no policy of family separation,[1] despite an executive order reversing this allegedly non-existent policy three days later. Multiple reports indicate that
We are increasingly worried about the well-being and safety of the children in your facilities. The courts have found that the "government has no system in place to keep track of, provide effective communication with, and promptly produce alien children."[3]
In the next
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I ask that you respond to these outstanding requests no later than
Sincerely,
__________________________________
Rep.
Ranking Member
cc: The Hon.
[1] Sec. Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Dep't. of Homeland Security (@SecNielsen), Twitter,
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