Recidivism Watch: Trump administration again blames others for its own family separation policy

The following article by Salvador Rizzo was posted on the Washington Post website June 14, 2018:

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blamed the separation of immigrant families on Democrats. (Reuters)

“It’s the law, and that’s what the law states.”
— White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, at a news briefing, June 14, 2018

The Trump administration seems to be caught inside a “Twilight Zone” episode, insisting without evidence that its own policy of separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents is somehow a long-standing law and that any blame should go to Democrats.

The president got this ball rolling himself in a series of tweets and statements over the past few months. Continue reading “Recidivism Watch: Trump administration again blames others for its own family separation policy”