Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller compares separating migrant children to serving in military

Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller, 61, compared separating migrant families to signing up for the military and going away to serve.

See how Republicans have reacted to Trump's policy of separating migrant families. less Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller, 61, compared separating migrant families to signing up for the military and going away to serve.

See how Republicans have reacted to Trump's policy of separating ... more Photo: Srijita Chattopadhyay, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Photo: Srijita Chattopadhyay, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 14 Caption Close Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller compares separating migrant children to serving in military 1 / 14 Back to Gallery

Texas' Agriculture Commissioner believes forcibly splitting apart migrant families can be compared to how families are separated when parents are serving in the military.

On Wednesday, Republican incumbent and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller shared a post that read, "There are currently 765,000 children separated from their active-duty military parents."

"This is an important point that oftentimes gets lost in all of the political hysteria," Miller wrote alongside the post, which was originally shared nearly 10,000 times.

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The practice of separating migrant families began in April when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new "zero-tolerance" policy prosecuting 100 percent of illegal border crossings.

Unlike many Trump administration officials have suggested, there is no law requiring the separation of immigrant families at the border.

See how other Republicans have reacted to Trump's policy of separating migrant families in the gallery above.

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