Trump signs order stopping his policy of separating families at border...with lies dripping out of his mouth...as usual.
Government officials familiar with early drafts say the executive order would allow families to be held in immigration detention together.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on immigration in the Oval Office of the White House with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Vice President Mike Pence on June 20, 2018 in Washington.
President Donald Trump, under pressure from angry members of his own party, signed on Wednesday an executive order that is meant to keep families together at the border, halting a policy he instituted earlier this year.
"It's about keeping families together while ensuring we have a powerful border," Trump said of the order.
Trump said the order "will solve that problem" of children being separated from their parents, but that it wouldn't end his administration's "zero tolerance" policy of charging everyone who attempts to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, a decision that led to the current crisis.
"I didn’t like sight of families being separated," Trump said.
Earlier in the day, Trump had said he'd "be doing something that's somewhat pre-emptive and ultimately will be matched by legislation I’m sure," after he was asked if he wanted to try to keep to families together at the U.S. border.
Trump did not disclose exactly what he would be signing, but an administration official confirmed to NBC News that an executive order had been drafted by the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to temporarily stop separating children from the parents of people detained at the border.
Government officials familiar with early drafts of the executive order also told NBC News it would allow families to be detained together but would not stop the "zero tolerance" policy of charging people with a misdemeanor for entering illegally.
Several administration officials say the executive order would allow families to be held in immigration detention together. That will run up against a longstanding federal court decree that prohibits the government from holding children in detention for long periods — generally around 20 days.
The order will also move up hearings for families in detention, putting them at the head of the line, to speed up that processing, officials said.
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Government officials familiar with early drafts say the executive order would allow families to be held in immigration detention together.
President Donald Trump, under pressure from angry members of his own party, signed on Wednesday an executive order that is meant to keep families together at the border, halting a policy he instituted earlier this year.
"It's about keeping families together while ensuring we have a powerful border," Trump said of the order.
Trump said the order "will solve that problem" of children being separated from their parents, but that it wouldn't end his administration's "zero tolerance" policy of charging everyone who attempts to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, a decision that led to the current crisis.
"I didn’t like sight of families being separated," Trump said.
Earlier in the day, Trump had said he'd "be doing something that's somewhat pre-emptive and ultimately will be matched by legislation I’m sure," after he was asked if he wanted to try to keep to families together at the U.S. border.
Trump did not disclose exactly what he would be signing, but an administration official confirmed to NBC News that an executive order had been drafted by the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to temporarily stop separating children from the parents of people detained at the border.
Government officials familiar with early drafts of the executive order also told NBC News it would allow families to be detained together but would not stop the "zero tolerance" policy of charging people with a misdemeanor for entering illegally.
Several administration officials say the executive order would allow families to be held in immigration detention together. That will run up against a longstanding federal court decree that prohibits the government from holding children in detention for long periods — generally around 20 days.
The order will also move up hearings for families in detention, putting them at the head of the line, to speed up that processing, officials said.
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A hearty Fuck You to you sir. 
