Thousands of illegal immigrants are streaming across America’s southern border, but on Wednesday the chief of the Department of Homeland Security will be attending an educational event with schoolchildren in Washington, D.C.
In an email to reporters with the subject line reading, “SECRETARY JOHNSON TO PARTICIPATE IN A LET’S READ! LET’S MOVE! EVENT,” the department announced that Jeh Johnson will be attending an event Wednesday morning at the library of Congress, along with other government officials, a chef, and a retired NFL player. Here’s an excerpt from the email:
Tens of thousands of immigrants from Central American countries have illegally crossed the Mexican border into the United States in recent weeks. Many of them have been unaccompanied children.
