We have to prioritize our mission _ to go after the highest priority _ and that would be criminal aliens, who are a higher threat to the public than non-criminal aliens.

With the number of illegal aliens, we can't drop our criminal prosecutions to handle administrative arrests. We have to prioritize.

We don't have an office there. That's part of the problem, but we're not saying that we wouldn't respond.

This time of year, it picks up.

This particular instance, it was a manpower issue. We didn't have the resources to respond to two difference places at once.

The consequences are based on her own actions. The charge has been made before about family separation. However there is a strong element of personal responsibility that has to be taken into account when someone violates the law and they are put away in jail.