Watch Dems Destroy Kirstjen Nielsen in Committee Today. Thanks, Aaron Rupar.

.@SecNielsen confirms that she's aware of parents who have been separated from their children & deported without them, but says "there was no parent who has been deported to my knowledge without multiple opportunities to take their children with them."pic.twitter.com/i63tlQkYuN

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

Presented with facts about how Trump has misled the American people about the number of migrants apprehended at the border, @SecNielsen makes a desperate attempt to spin Trump’s comments pic.twitter.com/HflLWO9NqB

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

NIELSEN: "This is a legitimate national emergency."pic.twitter.com/Wf55gIeK0d

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

Under questioning from @RepUnderwood, Nielsen admits she was broadly unfamiliar with research indicating kids are traumatized by being separated from their parents before DHS implemented its "zero tolerance" policy pic.twitter.com/tGWnIOQm9S

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

NIELSEN on what she did when she saw "pictures of babies in cages": "I spent a tremendous amount of time working with the northern triangle in Mexico to stop the phenomena closer to the source, to help stabilize those areas so that the children & families are not traveling here."pic.twitter.com/ewUppZtxYZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

NIELSEN: "Sir, they're not cages!"

THOMPSON: "What are they?"

NIELSEN: "They are areas of the border facility that are carved out for the safety and protection of those who remain there while they're being processed."pic.twitter.com/0yjbpPbjDY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

.@RepBonnie: What is a chainlink fence enclosed into a chamber on a concrete floor? A cage?@SecNielsen: It's a detention space, mam

REP BONNIE: Is it different from what you put dogs in?

NIELSEN: Yes

REP BONNIE: In what sense?

NIELSEN: It's larger

B: Sounds like a dog cage pic.twitter.com/hcIEv4zwrE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

Wow. @RepBarragan berates Nielsen over her apparent lack of knowledge of US asylum law. pic.twitter.com/mYAo5MMZB5

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

.@RepAlGreen: "White babies would not be treated the way these babies of color are being treated... this is about color."pic.twitter.com/xe5R4QtgPP

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019

Elections have consequences: DHS @SecNielsen's first public hearing before the new, Democratically-controlled Congress was a disaster https://t.co/l6sph68Kpp

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 6, 2019