Sen. Ron Johnson on Sunday declined to say whether the Trump administration has the capabilities to reunite up to 2,300 undocumented immigrant children with their families, and said Congress would continue to oversee the process.
Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who chairs the Senate Homeland Security committee, said the White House has placed 21 percent of the children, or 483 kids, who were separated from their families under the administration’s new enforcement policy back with their mother or father.
But when pressed on whether he is confident the administration has the ability to reunite those children with their families, Johnson hedged.
“They are saying they do. We will continue oversight on that,” Johnson said on “CNN’s State of the Union.” “The track record in the prior administration wasn’t very good either.”
Johnson said he is working on immigration legislation and hopes to pursue a bipartisan measure that would address policies within the homeland security panel’s jurisdiction. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he will not bring up immigration legislation for a floor vote unless President Donald Trump agrees to sign it.
The House is slated to vote on a GOP compromise immigration bill next week.
