"Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions cited the Bible on Thursday in defense of the Trump administration's criminal prosecution of adults who cross the border illegally, effectively separating them from their migrant children.
“Persons
who violate the law of our nation are subject to prosecution. 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 them for
the purpose of order," he said.
When
CNN’s Jim Acosta asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee
Sanders to elaborate on the attorney general’s comments, the
conversation turned tense.
“Where does it say in the Bible that it’s moral to take children away from their mothers?” Acosta asked.
Sanders said she wasn’t aware of Sessions’ comments, but said, “I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law."
