FOX News: Trump immigration order met with shrugs and new demands from Dems: 'This isn't over'
After demanding for days that President Trump end the separation of illegal immigrant families at the border, Democrats responded to his executive order stopping the practice with only new appeals -- drawing GOP accusations that they're more interested in using the issue as a political cudgel.
The president, rarely one to back down from a fight, signed the order Wednesday allowing children to stay with parents caught crossing the border illegally. The move followed national outrage over the impact of the Justice Department's “zero tolerance” policy referring all illegal border crossers for prosecution. Children were separated due to a 1997 order and related decisions that forbid them from being detained with adults for extended periods.
For a solid week, the administration was pilloried by Democrats, journalists, activists and even members of his own party.
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WNU Editor: Did President Trump caved .... Trump’s migrant policy: First blowback, then about-face (AP). The answer is no. Yesterday .... the media were screaming that children should not be separated from their parents. Today .... the media is screaming that the children who are now with their parents are detained together. As I mentioned yesterday, the objective among those who have been protesting the family separation issue were (and are not) interested in this issue .... after-all it has been the law for over 20 years and there was never any massive media outcry. Their priority is open-borders, catch-and-release, and no criminal charges to those who cross the border illegally. Is this a winning issue for the Democrats and their supporters who are pushing it .... definitely not. Here is an easy prediction .... this story will be dead after this weekend because it is not politically advantageous to those who have been pushing it.
Update: Even the AP is now acknowledging that President Trump's base is backing him .... Supporters of Trump steadfast despite immigration uproar (AP)
