The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website June 22, 2018:
Twenty-four hours after President Trump signed an executive order reversing his policy of separating families who immigrated illegally at the border, the shards are still being reassembled.
We still don’t know what’s happening with the 2,300 children already separated from their parents. Congress on Thursday failed to pass the first of two immigration bills — and a vote on the second one was postponed until next week. And U.S. Customs and Border Patrol now says it will stop referring parents for prosecution, while the Justice Department says prosecutions will continue under its zero-tolerance policy. Put simply: It’s a mess.
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