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The Hypocrisy Of Eating At Mexican Restaurants

In the past week, two of the most vocal advocates for the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy were heckled while eating at Mexican restaurants in Washington.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, pictured above at the White House daily briefing on Monday, was heckled inside a Mexican restaurant.

This past Sunday, as many Americans wrapped up their Father's Day celebrations, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller — purported architect of the administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy at the southern border — had a hankering for Mexican food.

He decided on Espita Mezcaleria in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington D.C., whose menu features dishes from southern Mexico, including a vegetarian mole verde for $22 and fish tacos "to share" for $35. A fellow diner called him a "real-life fascist."

Two days later, U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who helps oversee the implementation

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