Democrats make hay, Melania Trump weighs in as outrage over child migrants grows
McAllen — Democrats escalated their attacks on President Donald Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from parents who illegally cross the Mexican border, as public outrage over the practice balloons into an election-year headache for Republicans. As controversy rages over the separations, first lady Melania Trump, in a rare foray into policy matters, said on Sunday through a spokeswoman that the US must be a country that "governs with heart". And Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen took to Twitter in an attempt to clarify the policy. Several Democrats, including some seen as 2020 presidential candidates, travelled to McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley area in Texas on Sunday to meet with US border authorities and tour a former Walmart store that has been converted into a detention centre for nearly 1,500 immigrant boys. The McAllen delegation was led by Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. Separately, Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke, wh...
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