BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-20-18] backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. Trump signed an executive order requiring that immigrant families be detained together when they are caught entering the country illegally for as long as their criminal proceedings take. While the change may end a policy that drew a rebuke from Pope Francis and everyone else from human rights advocates to business leaders, it may also mean immigrant children remain in custody indefinitely. The Trump administration still faces legal challenges because of a court order that caps how long immigration authorities may detain minors, and trigger fresh criticism of Trump’s hardline immigration policies, which were central to his 2016 election campaign and now his presidency. A Justice Department official was unable to clarify whether family separations would end immediately or when and how families now separated would be reunited.”
-Roberta Rampton, Steve Holland, “Trump backs down on separating immigrant children, legal problems remain,” Reuters, June 20, 2018 8:14 am