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Explainer 120: Separating families – is the White House right to blame lawmakers?

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21 June 2018

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Images of children in detention centres have shocked the world this week but even after signing an executive order to keep families together, Trump still insists that Congress and the Democrats are to blame. Is this more of Trump’s trademark deflection or does he have a point? Monocle’s New York bureau chief Ed Stocker explains.

21 June 2018

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