Trump Says He Will End the Family Separations He Imposed
The president said he plans to sign an executive order keeping undocumented immigrant children with their parents, but the plan contradicts his earlier statement and might be illegal.
Updated on June 20 at 5:18 p.m.
Seeking to quell one of the most volatile political tempests of his stormy presidency, Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order he said was intended to end the separation of children from parents arrested illegally entering the United States by directing that youths be held with adults.
“We’re going to have strong borders but we’re going to keep the families together,” Trump said in brief remarks in the Oval Office. “I didn’t like the sight or the feeling of families being separated.”
The order keeps in place the “zero tolerance” policy for people crossing the border enacted last month. It appears first and foremost
