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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Jeff Sessions: Parents and Children Illegally Crossing the Border Will Be Separated [Watch (HLS stream): Jeff Sessions: Parents and Children Illegally Crossing the Border Will Be Separated](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JKu2a7gh.m3u8) (1:11)  _Published 2018-05-07. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the U.S. will take a stricter stance on illegal crossings at the Mexico border by separating parents from children, rather than keeping them together in detention centers._ --- Jul 27, 2023 11:55 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [559 Children Separated at the Border Have Still Not Been Reunited With Their Parents](/video/x8XBXbEl/) ### 559 Children Separated at the Border Have Still Not Been Reunited With Their Parents [Republicans Decry Border Separation of Children and Parents as White House Defends It](/video/dorKDfPz/) ### Republicans Decry Border Separation of Children and Parents as White House Defends It [AG Jeff Sessions Cites The Bible To Defend Separating Immigrant Families ](/video/NBxKn2xe/) ### AG Jeff Sessions Cites The Bible To Defend Separating Immigrant Families --- ## Transcript The Department of Homeland Security is now referring 100 % of illegal Southwest border crossings to Department of Justice for prosecution. And the Department of Justice will take up these cases. I have put in place a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry on our southwest border. If you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It's that simple. If you smuggle illegal aliens across our border, then we will prosecute you. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. And that child may be separated from you as required by law. If you make false statements to an immigration officer or file a fraudulent asylum claim, that's a felony, if you help others do so, that's a felony also. You're going to the jail. 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