As Americans continue to react with horror to stories of families being torn apart at the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House has struggled to assemble a defense for their new “zero tolerance” immigration policies which have created the problem.
On Monday afternoon, the Department of Homeland Security attempted to hand-wave the scandal with a “Myth vs. Fact” press release, arguing that rumors of family separations had been greatly exaggerated. Many Republicans, already suspicious that the media was once again making immigration mountains out of molehills, latched onto the soothing claims. Unfortunately, it turns out that the report is misleading.
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