Co-host of The View Meghan McCain
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“There is criticism everywhere, also from people within your own party, such as AOC, and I think there are just a lot of people who see this as hypocrisy and that it is just a kind of potato. Children in cages are just children separated from their families, ”McCain said during the interview.
@PersSec defends the Biden admin’s decision to reopen a migrant facility for unaccompanied children @The view it is “by no means the same” as Trump’s policy and was “the best decision” to “keep these children safe”: “We are not tearing children from their parents’ arms.” pic.twitter.com/OFFOV7ty7C
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The provision for migrant children aged 13 to 17 years Carrizo Springs, Texas, has been criticized by many and seen as similar to Trump-era immigration tactics.
Psaki defended the decision, saying the administration does not separate the children from their parents.
“In the days of COVID, that meant opening an additional facility so that we could get educational services, so that we could get legal services, so that we could get medical and health services and have those children there humanely treated, until we found a suitable home. find family placement for these children, ”said Psaki.
The backlash to the proposal came from both sides of the aisle, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Psaki insisted that this was not Trump’s policy when McCain pushed her on the topic, saying they felt it was the “best decision” at this time to “keep these children safe.”
“These are children going to a facility run by HHS. We had to open a new one to make sure it had the secure protocols to meet the COVID needs and the health and safety needs because we don’t so many kids in the former HHS facility, ”said Psaki.