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| Melania Trump to make second visit to border immigration centers | Melania Trump to make second visit to border immigration centers |
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| Melania Trump headed back to the southern border on Thursday, to visit immigration centers housing apprehended migrants. | |
| Trump’s spokeswoman declined to immediately release details about her planned stops. | |
| Trump’s wardrobe became an issue last week, when she traveled to McAllen, Texas, wearing a jacket that said “I really don’t care, do U?” on the back. Trump’s spokeswoman said there was no hidden message intended. Donald Trump undercut that statement, tweeting it was about his wife not caring about “fake news”. | |
| Either way, the choice overshadowed the trip to visit officials and migrant children detained at the border under the president’s “zero-tolerance” policy to prosecute people who cross the border illegally. | |
| This time, Trump travels amid upheaval over her husband’s hardline approach to immigration. More than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents at the border and some were placed in government-contracted shelters hundreds of miles away from their parents. | This time, Trump travels amid upheaval over her husband’s hardline approach to immigration. More than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents at the border and some were placed in government-contracted shelters hundreds of miles away from their parents. |
| Donald Trump last week signed an executive order to halt the separation of families at the border, at least for a few weeks, but the order did not address the reunification of families already separated. | Donald Trump last week signed an executive order to halt the separation of families at the border, at least for a few weeks, but the order did not address the reunification of families already separated. |
| A federal judge on Tuesday ordered that thousands of migrant children and parents be reunited within 30 days – and sooner if the youngster is under five. The order poses logistical problems for the administration, and it was unclear how it would meet the deadline. | A federal judge on Tuesday ordered that thousands of migrant children and parents be reunited within 30 days – and sooner if the youngster is under five. The order poses logistical problems for the administration, and it was unclear how it would meet the deadline. |
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