Family Separation Is Trump's Immigration Policy. Here's Why He Won't Own It
President Trump and administration officials are walking a fine line on family separation at the border.
They argue they don't like the policy, but that their hands are tied — and instead are pointing fingers at Congress to "fix" it.
There may be good reason for that — the policy (and it is a Trump administration policy despite the Homeland Security secretary's claims to the contrary) is unpopular.
The president on Tuesday called on Congress to come up with a "third option": for the legal authority to detain and promptly remove families together as a unit. This is similar to a practice used during the Obama administration, when. That, too, was criticized, but it is emerging now as a preferred alternative.
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