BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump ridiculed on Tuesday [6-19-18] what he said was a total lack of security at the nation’s borders, falsely blaming Democrats for separating families and dismissing as ‘crazy’ Republican proposals to hire thousands of new immigration judges. Rejecting a proposal by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to end family separations by boosting personnel in immigration courts, Mr. Trump suggested that many of the immigration judges could be corrupt, and he said some lawyers who appear in their courtrooms are ‘bad people…’ Speaking to a meeting of the National Federation of Independent Business, the president also vowed to rewrite Republican immigration legislation to his liking. Later Tuesday, Mr. Trump is scheduled to meet with Republican House members, who plan to brief him on their immigration proposals…Mr. Trump gave no sign of relenting on his “zero tolerance” policy that has led to more than 2,300 children being taken from their parents after crossing the border illegally, even as outrage has intensified.”
-Michael D. Shear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Trump Derides Border Security, but Calls Plan to Add Immigration Judges ‘Crazy’,” The New York Times online, June 19, 2018