Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE on Monday slammed President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE over his administration’s immigration policies and said he is lying about one that has resulted in the separations of migrant families.

“This is not happening because of the ‘Democrats’ law,’ as the White House has claimed,” she said during remarks in New York.

“Separating families is not mandated by law at all. That is an outright lie," she added. "It’s incumbent on all of us, journalists and citizens alike, to call it just that.”

JUST IN: "That is an outright lie," Hillary Clinton says of Trump White House saying separation of families at the US border is mandated by law. pic.twitter.com/iTMEmzRzss — MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 18, 2018

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Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for family separations, saying their lack of action on immigration has resulted in what he’s referred as these “horrible laws.”

“It is the Democrats fault for being weak and ineffective with Border Security and Crime. Tell them to start thinking about the people devastated by Crime coming from illegal immigration. Change the laws!” he wrote in a tweet Monday.

Trump is expected to meet with House Republicans on Tuesday to discuss immigration.

Clinton on Monday also criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE for invoking the Bible to defend the policy.

“Those who selectively use the Bible to justify this cruelty are ignoring a central tenet of Christianity,” she said.

“What is being done using the name of religion is contrary to everything I was ever taught,” she said. “Jesus said ‘suffer the little children unto me,’ he did not say ‘let the children suffer.’ ”

Sessions announced the administration's “zero tolerance” policy in April, saying that the Justice Department would prosecute everyone who tries to cross the border illegally. The policy has resulted in families being separated because children cannot be detained with their parents.

Sessions and White House chief of staff John Kelly John Francis KellyMORE have both defended the policy as a necessary border security measure.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele NielsenMore than million in DHS contracts awarded to firm of acting secretary's wife: report DHS IG won't investigate after watchdog said Wolf, Cuccinelli appointments violated law Appeals court sides with Trump over drawdown of immigrant protections MORE, meanwhile, insisted in a tweet Sunday that the administration does not have a policy of separating families.