Maybe total silence is the best thing they can do. Ignoring all of it. Pretending nothing significant has changed. Focusing on the Duluth, Minnesota political rally. After all a human crisis caused by their awesome leader doesn't involved them at all. So why say anything? It will all go away. It's all fake news. There is no human crisis. :(
There are, however, laws against entering the U.S. illegally, and a decree regarding how long children can be held in immigration detention. A 2008 anti-trafficking statute dictates that certain minors must be taken out of immigration detention within 72 hours.
ICE is, by law, prohibited from detaining unaccompanied children, DHS says.