The Trump White House on Thursday used a Bible verse to justify the practice of separating migrant children from their families as punishment for crossing the U.S. border illegally — the very same verse once used to justify the institution of slavery. Attorney General Jeff Sessions backed the controversial policy, pegging it as the law of the land by saying, ” … Persons who violate the law of our nation are subject to prosecution. I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order.”