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Trump administration drafting executive action to stop migrant family separations
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 20, 2018 11:38am |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | ANDREW RESTUCCIA and LORRAINE WOELLERT |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 20, 2018 05:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive action on Wednesday that would end the administration’s policy of separating migrant families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, abandoning the president’s previous stance that only Congress can fix the problem.
“The Republicans want security and insist on security for our country. And we will have that,” Trump said during a meeting at the White House with lawmakers and officials. “At the same time we have compassion and want to keep families together. It’s very important. I’ll be signing something in a little while that’s going to do that.”
The action comes after Trump and his team faced harsh criticism from lawmakers, activists, religious leaders and former first ladies for the policy, which was panned almost universally as cruel and damaging to childrens’ well-being. |
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