President Donald Trump has tried to cast doubt on wrenching tales of migrant children separated from their families at the border.
He dismissed “phony stories of sadness and grief” while asserting the real victims of the nation’s immigration crisis are Americans killed by those who cross the border unlawfully.
We are gathered today to hear directly from the AMERICAN VICTIMS of ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. These are the American Citizens permanently separated from their loved ones b/c they were killed by criminal illegal aliens. These are the families the media ignores…https://t.co/ZjXESYAcjY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2018
President Trump is being bombarded with criticism condemning the family-separation situation as a national moment of shame.
And he is firing back, sometimes twisting facts and changing his story, but nonetheless highlighting the genuine grief of families on the other side of the equation.
He focused on Friday on the fact that young migrants separated from parents are likely to be reunited, unlike the victims of murders.
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