On Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he opposes the administration’s policy of separating undocumented immigrant families. He told reporters, “We don’t want kids separated from their families.”
Sessions uses Bible verse to defend zero-tolerance policy
Sessions used a verse in the Bible to justify the administration’s zero tolerance policy.
During a speech to law enforcement officers at Forth Wayne, Indiana, he said, “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes.”
Sessions added, “Orderly and lawful processes are good in themselves. Consistent and fair application of the law is in itself a good and moral thing, and that protects the weak and protects the lawful.”
During the 1840s and 1850s, defenders of slavery used the same verse to ward off abolitionists, who believed slavery is wrong,” according to John Fea, a professor of American history at Messiah College in Pennsylvania.
