Ivanka Trump—who's managed to remained silent amidst the border crisis and consequent backlash facing the Trump Administration—has finally spoken out in response to the Zero Tolerance policy that went into effect in April, characterizing family separations as "a low point."

"That was a low point for me as well," she told a group of reporters at the Newseum on Thursday. "I felt very strongly about that and I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children. So I would agree with that sentiment. Immigration is incredibly complex as a topic. Illegal immigration is incredibly complicated."

The Trump Administration indefinitely suspended Zero Tolerance in June of this year, but CNN reports that despite last week's deadline to reunite migrant families, 1 in 3 children still remain separated from their parent or guardian.



"I am the daughter of an immigrant, my mother grew up in communist Czech Republic, but we are a country of laws," Ivanka continued. "She came to this country legally and we have to be very careful about incentivizing behavior that puts children at risk of being trafficked, at risk of entering this country with coyotes or making an incredibly dangerous journey alone."

Ivanka Trump's statement comes just one day after more than 500 fathers and sons detained in Karnes, TX announced via audio released by RAICES that they plan to go on a hunger strike, and a week after the Trump Administration's court-ordered deadline.

Holly Rhue ELLE.com Contributor Holly Rhue is a writer and editor in New York City.

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