First Lady Visits Migrant Children At Texas Detention Center
McALLEN (AP) — Melania Trump is visiting two Texas facilities housing some of the more than 2,300 migrant children sent by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally.
The first lady's visit to Upbring New Hope Children's Center on Thursday comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the practice of separating families. However, his policy of criminally prosecuting illegal border-crossers remains.
Mrs. Trump, whose focus is on children, may have helped encourage her husband to act.
"We all know … they are here without their families. And I want to thank you for your hard work, your compassion and your kindness you're giving them in these difficult times," Melania Trump tells center's staff, asking how she help reunify families https://t.co/5b8nBfXplL pic.twitter.com/lVwc9DCSgS
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The first lady said earlier through her spokeswoman that she "hates" to see families separated at the border. A White House official followed up Wednesday, saying Mrs. Trump had been making her opinion known to the president that he needed to act to keep migrant families together.