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Thirteen Democratic lawmakers are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign as opposition mounted on Tuesday, including from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to the Trump administration's policy of separating children from their parents at border.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., condemned Nielsen's department for "tearing" families apart.

"The government should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing them apart. And the government should have a commitment to transparency and accountability. Under Secretary Nielsen's tenure, the Department of Homeland Security has a track record of neither," Harris said in a statement on Monday. "As a result, she must resign."

Other Democratic lawmakers calling for Nielsen's resignation included Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Tina Smith of Minnesota, as well as Reps. Barbara Lee, Ted Lieu, Jimmy Gomez and Nanette Diaz Barragan, all of California; Kathleen Rice and Eliot Engel, both of New York; and Donald Payne of New Jersey.

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