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"Your attorneys are prosecuting them, and your Department was not tracking parents who were separated from their children?" Rep. Pramila Jayapal asks Whitaker.
"Do you know what kind of damage has been done to children and families...Do you understand the magnitude of that?"
emptywheel @emptywheel
Jayapal: ARe you saying that CBP and ICE lied to GAO and they were given advanced notice?
BDTS: WE had a public event.
Jayapal: Prior to public event, they got no notice. Did USAs track when prosecuting parents from children?
emptywheel @emptywheel
BDTS: I don't believe we were tracking that.
Jayapal: When parents sentenced they are in DOJ custody, correct?
BDTS: Correct.
[BDTS drinks water, now sitting impassive]
Jayapal: DO you understand magnitude of that?