BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is scrambling to fix the confusion and humanitarian concerns unleashed by President Donald Trump’s reversal on the separation of parents and children who come across the southern border as undocumented migrants. Trump’s hurried executive order designed to defuse a ballooning political crisis caused its own set of problems, especially because the move did nothing for the 2,300 children already taken from parents who are awaiting prosecution. A set of legal challenges was also looming for the Trump administration which in one scenario could even allowed end up seeing the separations reapplied. The chaos meant that Trump’s hopes of quelling the political uproar over the separations were dashed. The uncertainty could deepen later Thursday if the House of Representatives fails to pass two Republican immigration bills that could partially alleviate the separations drama. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen responded to a wave of criticism by saying Thursday [6-21-18] that the administration was trying to reunite split families.”
-Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s immigration reversal creates its own chaos,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 21, 2018 1:04 pm