Washington — Ivanka Trump is facing an online backlash for tweeting what one critic called a "tone deaf" photo of herself cuddling her son as outrage grows over a federal government policy to separate the children of undocumented migrants from their parents. The eldest daughter of President Donald Trump, who serves as an adviser to her father, posted the picture of her with her son on Sunday, with the caption: "My <3! #SundayMorning." Critics were quick to point to a "zero tolerance" policy announced earlier this month by attorney-general Jeff Sessions that authorises border security agents to take away the children of people who enter the US unlawfully. The government places such children in foster homes but Steven Wagner, a senior official in the Department of Health and Human Services, told a congressional committee last month that the government was "unable to determine with certainty the whereabouts of 1,475" minors after attempting to contact their sponsors in the last three m...
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