Trump in a hurry to get immigration law signed as outrage grows over family separations
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has added his voice to the chorus of criticism
Washington — US President Donald Trump told Republican legislators on Tuesday that he would back either of the immigration bills making their way through the House of Representatives, as the outcry grew over his administration’s separation of immigrant parents and children at the US-Mexico border. Representative Mark Meadows said Trump told Republican members of the House at a meeting on Capitol Hill that they needed to get something done on immigration "right away". In the meeting, Trump said separating families was "certainly not an attractive thing and does look bad", Representative Tom Cole said. Congressional Republicans have been scrambling to craft legislation as videos of youngsters in cages and an audiotape of wailing children have sparked anger at home from groups ranging from clergy to influential business leaders, as well as condemnation abroad. A Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll released on Tuesday showed fewer than one in three American adults supporting the policy....
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