TEXAS: Ted Cruz Defends Separating Migrant Families

The Dallas News reports:



Sen. Ted Cruz defended the Trump administration’s policy of separating parents from children when they’re caught crossing the border illegally, saying that while such cases can be tragic, it’s “inevitable” when people violate U.S. law.

“There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail. So when you see reporters, when you see Democrats saying don’t separate kids from their parents, what they’re really saying is don’t arrest illegal aliens,” Cruz told KERA, the Dallas public radio station, in an interview that aired Monday afternoon.

The “zero tolerance” policy has been controversial since the Trump administration announced it last month. Thousands of families have been affected, with condemnation pouring in from south of the border and across the world, and from Democrats.