India, March 10 -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan that children of migrants make the "choice" to illegally cross the border. Noem made the comment when Brennan asked her how she felt about the Trump administration placing undocumented families in detention centres in their immigration efforts.

"Remember, everybody has an option," Noem told Brennan. "They have an option to be here legally or illegally, and they can self-deport as well."

"The kids don't really have a choice in this," Brennan tried to interject, but Noem spoke over.

"Well, the kids do have a choice," Noem said. "If they have parents, they make a choice to keep their families together, if they want to or not."

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