BREAKING: Trump Signs Executive Order To Stop Family Separations At The Border
American Airlines Gets Political, Sends Message Directly To The Trump Administration
June 20, 2018How DARE Obama Release A Statement On This. How DARE He.
June 20, 2018This just in: President Trump just signed an executive order, designed to stop the family separations at the border.
The measure would allow children to stay in detention with parents for an extended period of time. This comes as congressional Republicans scramble to draft legislation to address the same issue, but face challenges mustering the votes.
In signing the measure, Trump said he wants to keep families together while also enforcing border security. He vowed his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy for illegal immigration would continue.
Trump, previewing the measure earlier in the day during a meeting with lawmakers, said the move would “be matched by legislation.” He also said he’s canceling the upcoming congressional picnic, adding: “It didn’t feel exactly right to me.”
The separations stem from the administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which aims to prosecute all illegal border crossers. But because of a 1997 order and related decisions, children cannot be detained for longer than 20 days with the adults.
Sources told Fox News that the executive action by Trump could be seen to run afoul of the 1997 order and would likely draw a lawsuit. But the White House wants to try to take steps to uphold the enforcement of the law, while at the same time lessening the trauma of children being separated from their parents.
WATCH: @POTUS just signed an executive order to allow children to stay with parents caught crossing the border illegally. https://t.co/2gxS9qu9DH pic.twitter.com/xvav25I56Q
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 20, 2018
As Sarah Sanders said before, the Trump administration didn’t create this problem. It INHERITED it.
