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Donald Trump: “We don't have to separate a family. Excuse me, Kristen…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Full interview Donald Trump details his plans for Day 1 and beyond in the White House

Published | Video Starts at 21:59

I want to ask you about the zero tolerance policy. I mean, he didn't have a systemic. We're going to separate families. Families were separated when parents were a threat to the kids. We don't have to separate a family. Excuse me, Kristen. Yeah, we don't have to separate families. We'll send the whole family very humanely back to the country where they came. That way the family's not separated. So no more family separations. You're not reviving. It depends on the family. The family may decide to say, I'd rather have dad go, but. (21:59–22:08)

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Asserts that families can be sent back together to their country of origin.

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