{"id":143819,"date":"2018-06-20T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/homeland-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-booed-at-mexican-restaurant\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:30:24","slug":"homeland-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-booed-at-mexican-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/homeland-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-booed-at-mexican-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen booed at Mexican restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/796A\/production\/_102128013_hi047578174.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen (C)                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Protesters have barracked a Trump administration official as she dined at a Mexican restaurant in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>The activists heckled Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at the eatery near the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is facing international pressure to drop its new policy of taking migrant children from their parents.<\/p>\n<p>They include babies and toddlers sent to three &quot;tender age&quot; shelters, the Associated Press news agency reports.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Psychological impact on separated children<\/li>\n<li>Staff demand Microsoft end immigration work<\/li>\n<li>Why US is separating migrant children from parents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America claimed responsibility for Tuesday evening&#039;s protest against the homeland security secretary.<\/p>\n<p>                                          Skip Facebook post  by Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America             <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019re in downtown DC disrupting DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen\u2019s dinner at MXDC. The irony isn\u2019t lost on us that this is...<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America on Tuesday, 19 June 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>             Report             <\/p>\n<p>End of Facebook post  by Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America<\/p>\n<p>Her security detail kept the demonstrators from approaching too near her table at the back of the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>The activists shouted: &quot;How do you sleep at night?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If kids don&#039;t eat in peace, you don&#039;t eat in peace.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Do you hear the babies crying?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Aren&#039;t you a mother, too?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @OsitaNwanevu                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>DHS Secretary Nielsen just got driven out of a Mexican restaurant here on 14th Street by activists. DSA, I believe. pic.twitter.com\/lTKutryXBO<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) June 20, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @OsitaNwanevu<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has said the homeland security secretary &quot;did a fabulous job&quot; defending the policy at a news conference this week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Trump&#039;s family-separation endgame?<\/li>\n<li>A series of White House contradictions on migrants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, a former Trump campaign manager made fun of a story about a 10-year-old girl with Down&#039;s syndrome who was reportedly separated from her mother after crossing the border illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Tuesday on Fox News, Corey Lewandowski sarcastically said &quot;womp, womp&quot;, as a Democratic party aide said the girl had been &quot;taken from her mother and put in a cage&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic adviser, Zac Petkanas, shouted repeatedly: &quot;How dare you!&quot; <\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @passantino                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>.@Zac_Petkanas says on Fox News a 10-year-old girl with Down Syndrome was separated from her mother at the border.<br \/>Corey Lewandowski responds: &quot;Womp womp.&quot; pic.twitter.com\/cZMXWmwbjw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Passantino (@passantino) June 19, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @passantino<\/p>\n<p>The unconfirmed report of the so-called tender age shelters for babies and toddlers drove an MSNBC news anchor on Tuesday night to almost break down in tears.<\/p>\n<p>When she first received the breaking news report from the Associated Press, Rachel Maddow paused.<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06bh6ch.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionThe sound of migrant children separated from parents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&quot;This is incredible. Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children...&quot; she trailed off, before covering her mouth and saying she was unable to continue.<\/p>\n<p>In a USA Today op-ed, Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote that the migrant children &quot;get better care than a lot of American kids do&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Homan, the acting director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, told CNN: &quot;If you want to blame someone for separating families, blame the parents who choose to break the law.&quot;<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06bmjc6.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionTheresa May: US child detention &#039;disturbing&#039; and &#039;wrong&#039;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is anecdotal evidence that the Trump administration&#039;s &quot;zero tolerance&quot; crackdown, launched last month, may be achieving its objective of deterring migrants crossing the border illegally.<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @justinbaragona                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rachel Maddow chokes up and cries on air as she struggles to deliver news that migrant babies and toddlers have been sent to &quot;tender age&quot; shelters pic.twitter.com\/O6crm8cvyR<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 20, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @justinbaragona<\/p>\n<p>Salvadoran postman Cen Epigmenio told Reuters news agency he hoped to cross the Mexican border into the US in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>But the 40-year-old said he and his wife have postponed their plans for fear of being separated from their two sons, Axel, nine, and Steven, three. <\/p>\n<p>He said he was fleeing gang violence at home.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As things stand today, it&#039;s difficult, because if you get caught, they take your kids away. I think I&#039;m going to stay here, in Mexico, and establish myself.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Another Salvadoran migrant, Lucia Carmen Flores Sanchez, who is travelling overland with her eight-year-old daughter, told the New York Times a similar story.<\/p>\n<h2>More on child migrants crisis<\/h2>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06bkb4z.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionThe US teens training in border patrol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Who decided to take the children away?<\/li>\n<li>Fenced enclosures hold migrant children <\/li>\n<li>Trump&#039;s blame game on separating families<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p05tzcf1.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionThe missing - consequences of Trump&#039;s immigration crackdown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen (C) Protesters have barracked a Trump administration official as she dined at a Mexican restaurant in Washington DC. 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