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Trump and Sessions can end immigrant family separations without Congress' help

  • Written by Kevin Johnson, Dean and Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
Children at an immigrant family separation protest in Phoenix.AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

A recent poll shows that two-thirds of Americans oppose the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Amid a firestorm of criticism, President Donald Trump has blamed Democrats and inaction in...

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