BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-20-18] reversed his debunked argument that he had no authority to stop separations of undocumented immigrant families at the border, signing an executive order to keep parents and kids together…Trump’s climbdown came after he faced intense pressure from across the political spectrum and from religious, political and world leaders to halt the separations, which produced days of heartrending news coverage of crying children — some of whom were kept in cage-like detention centers. The President claimed, though, that he isn’t backing down…In the executive order he signed on Wednesday, Trump declared it is his administration’s policy to ‘maintain family unity,’ including by detaining entire families together ‘where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources.’ The order directs other agencies, including the Pentagon, to take steps to find places to house family units. The order specifies that migrants entering the US with children will not be kept together if there’s a fear for the child’s welfare. Families will also be prioritized in the adjudication process.”
-Stephen Collinson, Sarah Westwood, Laura Jarrett and Tal Kopan, “Trump reverses course, signs order to keep families together,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 20, 2018 4:11 pm