The Deep Consistency of the Trump Administration

On Thursday, in an interview with the Christian news program CBN News, Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a sharp departure from his previous statements on the unfolding humanitarian crisis at the southern border. “The American people don’t like the idea that we are separating families,” Sessions said. “We never really intended to do that. What we intended to do was to make sure that adults who bring children into the country are charged with the crime they have committed.”

But, in fact, the federal government did intend to separate families. In May, on a trip, he said, “If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and that child will be separated from you as required by law.” At the second stop, : “If you don’t like that, then don’t smuggle children over our border.”