President Trump laid the blame for “child separation” at the feet of Barack Obama.
Real Clear Politics reported that while speaking to reporters in the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump denied reports that he wants to restart a policy of “family separation” at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that policy originated with the Obama administration.
“We’re not looking to do that,” Trump said. But “once you don’t have [family separation], that’s why you have many more people coming.”
Trump also said that the family separation policy began under the Obama administration:
From Breitbart
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that illegal immigrants and migrants continue flooding into the United States and defended his enforcement policies, telling reporters that the infamous “cages” used to hold migrant children were “built by President Obama’s administration.”
“They are coming like it’s a picnic, because [it’s like], ‘Let’s go to Disneyland,’” Trump said, expressing his frustration with the ongoing struggle to secure the border.
Trump told reporters he was not looking to reinstate the child separation policy, despite reports from the White House suggesting that he would do so, although he admitted that it was effective.
“When you don’t do it, it brings a lot more people to the border, we are not looking to do it,” he said.
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