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Trump’s family-separation fiasco is still exploding

The administration’s border policy was still producing backlash, legal pressure, and public horror on June 28, even after the White House had tried to claim it was correcting course. Protesters descended on Capitol Hill, lawmakers kept hammering the policy, and the reunification problem was still wide open. The story was no longer just that Trump had created a cruel policy; it was that he still had no convincing operational answer for the damage it caused.

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First recorded Jun 28, 2018·Meaningfully updated Jun 28, 2018

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Trump’s family-separation fiasco is still exploding

The administration’s border policy was still producing backlash, legal pressure, and public horror on June 28, even after the White House had tried to claim it was correcting course. Protesters descended on Capitol Hill, lawmakers kept hammering the policy, and the reunification problem was still wide open. The story was no longer just that Trump had created a cruel policy; it was that he still had no convincing operational answer for the damage it caused.

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Trump’s family-separation fiasco is still exploding

The administration’s border policy was still producing backlash, legal pressure, and public horror on June 28, even after the White House had tried to claim it was correcting course. Protesters descended on Capitol Hill, lawmakers kept hammering the policy, and the reunification problem was still wide open. The story was no longer just that Trump had created a cruel policy; it was that he still had no convincing ope…

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