Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Rep. Pramila Jayapal fired back Friday at Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as he defended the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) handed down an impassioned rebuke of the Trump administration’s migrant child separation policy during Matthew Whitaker’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday. Jayapal asked him whether the Department of Justice kept track of the migrant parents who were separated from their children by border officials. “It’s gone through the courts.”When Whitaker said he didn’t believe the Justice Department was tracking separated parents, the congresswoman replied, “You were not tracking it. That is the correct answer.”As Jayapal continued, her voice grew louder: “Your department was not tracking parents who were separated from their children.

Source: Huffington Post February 08, 2019 22:52 UTC