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Trump Says He Will Sign Order To End Family Separations

The president's move comes after days of administration officials saying only Congress could fix the situation created by the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
Accompanied by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., President Trump arrives at a meeting with House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday.

Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET

President Trump said on Wednesday he will be signing an executive order to address his controversial zero-tolerance immigration policy that has resulted in thousands of family separations and brought criticism from Democrats and Republicans.

"We're going to keep families together but we still have to maintain toughness or our country will be overrun by people, by

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