BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday [6-26-18] over its separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying President Donald Trump’s order last week ending the breakups was illusory. In a complaint filed with U.S. District Court in Seattle, 17 states and the District of Columbia argued the administration’s policy was unconstitutional in part because it was ‘motivated by animus and a desire to harm’ immigrants arriving from Latin America…The family separations began because of the administration’s 2-month-old ‘zero tolerance’ policy of seeking to prosecute all adults who cross the border illegally, including those traveling with children. But Trump backtracked last Wednesday [[6-20-18] amid mounting global outrage, including images of children in cages. The Republican president’s order ending the family separations did not explain how his aggressive immigration policies could be adjusted to keep families intact, house them and assess their legal status.”
-Richard Cowan, Jonathan Stempel, “States sue Trump on immigrant families, as Congress quarrels,” Reuters, June 26, 2018 8:14 am