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Asked whether he thought President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy was inhumane, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan responded that “it’s the law.”_ --- Jul 28, 2023 12:08 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Homan vows to continue Minneapolis operation, but says it will be ‘safer’](/video/ZgD6L2bY/) ### Homan vows to continue Minneapolis operation, but says it will be ‘safer’ ['They're Permanently Separated.' President Trump Compares People Killed by Undocumented Immigrants to Border Separations](/video/kX7pM8BH/) ### 'They're Permanently Separated.' President Trump Compares People Killed by Undocumented Immigrants to Border Separations [The Human Cost of Immigration Enforcement in Phoenix](/video/j7eyYMKv/) ### The Human Cost of Immigration Enforcement in Phoenix --- ## Transcript [00:00] Is this new Zero Tolerance Policy that the President [00:04] has supported, that the Attorney General announced, [00:07] is it humane? I think, I [00:11] think it's the law. As a law enforcer- It may be the law, [00:14] it's the policy, but is it humane? I [00:19] think this is the law and I'm a law enforcement officer I [00:20] must follow the law. I think we take good care of these [00:23] children, I think what's inhumane is parents that [00:26] choose to put their kids in the hands of a smuggling [00:28] organization A criminal smuggling organization had [00:31] their kids smuggled in this country. That you mean, [00:33] inhumane. [ CROSSTALK ] I don't have a parent there. [00:37] These kids potentially Tom. I will never apologize for [00:39] enforcing law. And the President of the United States is [00:40] not gonna apologize for defending [ INAUDIBLE ] But [00:41] you know these kids could [ INAUDIBLE ] they could [00:42] have long time. If the parents don't wanna be [00:44] separated fro their children, they enter through a port [00:46] of entry through the legal system. When you wanna, [00:48] when you chose intentionally to violate the laws of this [00:51] country, enter illegally You put yourself in that position, [00:54] but you put your child in that position. So if you want to [00:57] blame- [ CROSSTALK ] some discretion before. If you [00:58] want to blame somebody for separating families, [01:00] blame the parents who choose to break the law. I [01:02] understand what you're saying, but you did have [01:04] discretion before April, and now the president says, [01:07] the attorney general says, the secretary of homeland [01:10] security says no more discretion. All of these children [01:13] are going to be taken away from their parents. Officers [01:15] still have discretion. There's a zero- tolerance policy [01:17] but not every family is being separated. They're not [01:20] being separated if there are small infants breast [01:23] feeding. If there's medical issues. The only families [01:27] we separate at a port of entry are those we can't prove [01:30] a family relationship. And people posing as families, [01:34] the fraud occuring with people saying I'm their parent, [01:35] but they're not. 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