BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the Utah Senate debate Tuesday [10-9-18] night, GOP candidate Mitt Romney called family separations at the border ‘a dark chapter in American history,’ and said that “this is inexcusable, and can’t go on’…Romney faces off in November against Democratic opponent Jenny Wilson, a member of the Salt Lake County Commission. In May, the Trump administration announced a policy where authorities would criminally prosecute anyone who crossed the border illegally. This meant that undocumented immigrants who faced prosecution were held in federal prisons, where their children couldn’t be with them. Previous administrations largely opted not to pursue criminal charges against people who crossed illegally with children, and instead mostly referred them to immigration courts. After overwhelming pushback and intense pressure from across the political spectrum, Trump reversed course and signed an executive order in June to stop the separation of families at the border.”
–Kate Sullivan, “Mitt Romney: Family separations at border a ‘dark chapter in American history’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, October 9, 2018 10:44 pm