BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, on the first day of a Latin America trip, took President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown on a roadshow, urging countries in the region to rein in the flow of migrants to the U.S. or face consequences…In his remarks with Mr. Pence, Mr. Temer expressed his country’s concern over news of the separation of several dozen Brazilian children from their parents in the U.S. and said ‘this is extremely sensitive issue in the eyes of the Brazilian society.’ The Trump administration’s now-revoked policy that forced the separation of thousands of mostly Central American migrant families caught trying to cross into the U.S. has spurred criticism at home and abroad and has forced the vice president to refocus his Latin America trip. Mr. Pence and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will attend a meeting Thursday [6-28-18] with the presidents of El Salvador and Honduras and the vice president of Guatemala to further address the immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border. The meeting will take place in Guatemala City, the final leg of Mr. Pence’s trip. Mr. Pence had originally been scheduled to travel to Guatemala to visit victims of the Fuego volcano eruption, but U.S. immigration will now be the main focus, an official from the vice president’s office said.”
-Vivian Salama, “Pence to Discuss Immigration With Latin American Leaders,” The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2018 4:30 pm