President Trump and administration officials are walking a fine line on family separation at the border.
They argue they don’t like the policy, but that their hands are tied — and instead are pointing fingers at Congress to “fix” it.
There may be good reason for that — the policy (and it is a Trump administration policy, despite the Homeland Security secretary’s claims to the contrary) is unpopular.
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