EXCLUSIVE: Trump cabinet officials had a 2018 show-of-hands vote in the White House Situation Room to move forward with separating migrant children, according to officials present, despite warnings the government wasn’t ready.
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No one in the meeting made the case that separating families would be inhumane or immoral, the officials said. Any moral argument regarding immigration "fell on deaf ears" inside the White House, said one of the officials. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
“A sea of hands went up.” nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Judd Deere, a White House spokesman, said, "This is absolutely not true and did not happen."
Our reporting is based on accounts of to two officials who were there. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Our reporting is based on accounts of to two officials who were there. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
"If we don't enforce this, it is the end of our country as we know it," said Trump adviser Stephen Miller, according to officials present in the White House Situation Room meeting.
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