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The administration’s hardline immigration push kept colliding with the reality of separating children from parents, and by May 11 the damage was no longer theoretical. Officials were publicly defending the policy even as the logistics, legal exposure, and public backlash were all getting worse at once.
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The administration’s hardline immigration push kept colliding with the reality of separating children from parents, and by May 11 the damage was no longer theoretical. Officials were publicly defending the policy even as the logistics, legal exposure, and public backlash were all getting worse at once.
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The administration’s hardline immigration push kept colliding with the reality of separating children from parents, and by May 11 the damage was no longer theoretical. Officials were publicly defending the policy even as the logistics, legal exposure, and public backlash were all getting worse at once.
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