Hillary Clinton spoke out Monday against President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy. Trump has blamed the policy on Democrats, which Clinton called "an outright lie." Clinton also criticized Republican officials who have referenced religion to defend the policy, condemning "those who selectively use the Bible to justify this cruelty." Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton spoke out Monday against President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy and its defenders. The former first lady zeroed in on Trump's repeated false blaming of legislation passed by Democrats for the policy his administration is enforcing, which is not mandated by law.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: This top economist has a radical plan to change the way Americans voteSee Also:Trump goes on raging tweetstorm as outrage over family-separation border policy reaches a fever pitchA far-right darling in the White House was the one who convinced Trump the US should separate parents from their children at the borderKellyanne Conway: 'Nobody likes' policy separating families at the borderSEE ALSO: Photos show Border Patrol's largest processing facility, a former warehouse where families are separated and hundreds of migrant children are kept in cages SEE ALSO: One disturbing tactic of border agents telling migrant parents they're taking their kids to get baths illustrates how Trump's 'zero tolerance' policy is being carried out