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Trump’s reunification ‘plan’ looks like it was invented after the fire started

New public criticism on June 30 kept spotlighting the administration’s failure to have a real reunification system ready when it began separating migrant families. The result was a deeper, uglier picture of a policy sold as deterrence and exposed as improvisation.

Why it matters: Reunification Failure

First recorded Jul 1, 2018·Meaningfully updated Jul 1, 2018

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Trump’s reunification ‘plan’ looks like it was invented after the fire started

New public criticism on June 30 kept spotlighting the administration’s failure to have a real reunification system ready when it began separating migrant families. The result was a deeper, uglier picture of a policy sold as deterrence and exposed as improvisation.

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