Don or his aide ‘lie’ on immigs

Hundreds of migrant parents were deported from the U.S. without first being offered the opportunity to reunify with their children, the Trump administration said Wednesday — just hours after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified to the contrary.

As part of a status update in an ongoing lawsuit, the administration said it had identified 471 adult migrants who were removed from the country without being given the option to “elect or waive reunification” because of its since-defunct “zero tolerance” policy.

The administration's latest tally was disclosed in response to a request from the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the legal challenge that prompted a federal California judge to order last summer that the government had to reunify the thousands of migrant children who were separated from their loved ones because of “zero tolerance.”

Wednesday's revelation came hours after Nielsen testified under oath before Congress that she knew of no migrant adults who were removed under “zero tolerance” without first having been given the option to reunify with their loved ones.

“There was no parent who has been deported to my knowledge without multiple opportunities to take their children with them,” Nielsen said before the House Homeland Security Committee.

Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) blasted Nielsen's denial even before the administration put out the new separation data.

“This is a lie,” Rice posted on Twitter along with a clip of Nielsen's comments. “Lying to Congress under oath is a felony.”

In an apparent reference to President Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen, Rice added, “The last person who did that is going to prison.”

Homeland Security spokespeople did not return requests for comment.

The “zero tolerance” policy — which resulted in nearly 3,000 migrant children being ripped from their parents between April and June 2018 — directed federal authorities to criminally prosecute all illegal entries into the U.S.