{"id":2770,"date":"2018-06-22T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/the-latest-record-number-of-americans-support-immigration-as-trumps-family-separation-crisis-cont\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T15:48:00","slug":"the-latest-record-number-of-americans-support-immigration-as-trumps-family-separation-crisis-cont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-latest-record-number-of-americans-support-immigration-as-trumps-family-separation-crisis-cont\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LATEST: Record Number of Americans Support Immigration, As Trump\u2019s Family Separation Crisis Cont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump’s latest executive order is another example of his anti-immigrant and cruel policies. Despite trying to claim credit for ending it, the family separation crisis he created continues. Here’s the latest:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A new poll shows that a record-high 75% of Americans say immigration is a good thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABC News<\/a><\/span>: “Three-quarters of Americans say immigration is a good thing, according to a Gallup poll released today. The number — 75 percent — is a ‘record-high’ and includes majorities from all party groups, according to Gallup.”<\/p>\n

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Democrats are asking for answers after allegations of abuse of immigrant children held in detention facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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USA Today<\/a><\/span>: “Virginia’s two Democratic senators asked the Trump administration Friday for answers about operations at a juvenile detention facility in the state where immigrant children said they were bound, beaten and isolated in solitary confinement.”<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration is preparing to shelter as many as 20,000 immigrant children on military bases.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a><\/span>: “The United States is preparing to shelter as many as 20,000 migrant children on four American military bases, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, as federal officials struggled to carry out President Trump’s order to keep immigrant families together after they are apprehended at the border.”<\/p>\n

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Trump dismissed the heart-wrenching tragedies of families forcibly separated by his policy as “phony stories of sadness and grief,” and discouraged Congress from addressing the crisis he created.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Guardian<\/a><\/span>: “Trump attacks 'phony stories of sadness and grief' in separation crisis.”<\/p>\n

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The Hill<\/a><\/span>: “President Trump on Friday told Republican lawmakers to ‘stop wasting their time’ on immigration legislation, even as the House grapples to reach a compromise.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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