‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said

Sessions, Rosenstein wanted border policy to show no mercy: 'We need to take away children'

It wasn’t just White House aide Stephen Miller, former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly, and his successor Kirstjen Nielsen. The New York Timesreports that a two-year investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general reveals that top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, including former attorney general Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III and his deputy Rod Rosenstein, were also “a driving force” behind the Tr…

‘I Can’t Feel My Heart:’ Children Separated from Their Parents at US-Mexico Border Showed Increased Signs of Post-traumatic Stress, According to Watchdog Report

Concerns about the mental well-being of children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border are well-founded, a report from a government watchdog agency indicates. The report says the separated children have experienced problems including abandonment, guilt and worries about their parents’ well

NYT: Justice Dept. Officials Were ‘Driving Force’ Behind Child Separations

A draft report from the DOJ's inspector general reveals that top officials were driving Trump's child separation policy.

Jeff Sessions ordered DOJ officials to 'take away children' at border: report

"We need to take away children," former Attorney General Jeff Sessions allegedly told U.S. attorneys in a 2018 conference call.

Jeff Sessions, Top DOJ Officials 'Were A Driving Force' Behind Family Separations: Report

“We need to take away children,” the then-attorney general told Justice Department prosecutors, according to a draft inspector general's report.

Jeff Sessions told federal prosecutors they 'need to take away children' at border: Report

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions told several U.S. attorneys along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018 they "need to take away children" as part of an immigration enforcement plan.