Washington
\nFacing nationwide protests and global outrage over his decision to separate children from their parents who cross the border illegally, US President Donald Trump today said he is working on a new executive order to prevent such a situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to be signing an executive order in a little while… We\u2019ve got to be keeping families together,\u201d Trump said, as he met lawmakers on the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be doing something that’s somewhat preemptive and ultimately will be matched by legislation I\u2019m sure,\u201d said the President, who till a night ago was asking the Democrats to come out with a legislative fix in Congress.<\/p>\n
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen was at the White House to discuss the language of the executive order. Trump is expected to sign the order later today.<\/p>\n
In recent weeks, some 2,500 children who crossed the US border illegally along with their parents have been separated from them. Media reports have appeared about heart-rending scenes of children crying for their parents.<\/p>\n
A day earlier, Trump blamed the opposition Democrats for the current impasse and asked them to come out with a legislative fix.<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer said the Trump administration has been sending babies and young children to what they call \u201ctender age facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is unconscionable, unconscionable, that the government of the United States is warehousing babies and toddlers, alone, in an institutional setting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Schumer alleged that this crisis was wilfully and purposefully created by Trump through his zero tolerance policy at the border.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can and should be ended by the same mechanism. With the simple flick of the pen, a simple flick of the pen, the president can end this policy. If the president wants to borrow my pen, he can have it. But he can do it quickly and easily if he wants to. It’s on his back,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe administration must end this gratuitous, cruel, and counterproductive policy that has brought such pain to innocent children and so much shame on this nation,\u201d Schumer said, adding that no law requires the separation of children from their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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