Congress can't compromise on how to end family separation

No Images? Click here         Republicans Say They Want To Keep Immigrant Families Together — But They Can’t Agree On How Republican lawmakers appear to agree on one thing: Children should not be separated from their detained immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.  But they remain starkly divided on how to tackle the incredibly explosive issue, even as the Trump administration maintains that Congress can “alone” resolve a policy directly created by the administration that has resulted in thousands of children being detained and separated from their parents. Many of the immigrant children are being held in juvenile detention centers where they are kept in chain-link cages, sometimes with 20 or more to a cage, according to The Associated Press. Some of them appear to be in extreme emotional distress, according to harrowing audio published Monday by ProPublica in which detained children can be heard crying out for their parents at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility.  While some GOP lawmakers want President Donald Trump to reverse the “zero tolerance” immigration policy himself, as he has the power to do, others have said they prefer to handle the matter legislatively. Even if they are able to reach a consensus this week, however, it’s highly unlikely it will reach the president’s desk next week or the one after that. READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? Trump threatens China with fresh tariffs on $200 billion of imports. China has warned that it will push right back as the trade conflict between the world’s two biggest economies continues to escalate. READ MORE The U.S. plans to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council. The United States had long threatened to quit if it was not reformed. READ MORE 75 former U.S. attorneys ask Jeff Sessions to end the inhumane family separation policy now. “Your Zero Tolerance policy has resulted in the unnecessary trauma and suffering of innocent children,” the bipartisan group of attorneys wrote. READ MORE         ICYMI "Families belong together" protests against U.S. border policy are set for June 30. The main rally will be held near the White House, and more than 130 other demonstrations are planned across the country.   Rudy Giuliani says his calls to suspend the Mueller probe were just a casual bluff. “That’s what I’m supposed to do,” the president’s personal attorney told Politico.   Jeff Sessions says the DOJ is not like the Nazis because they were trying to keep "Jews from leaving." The attorney general called the comparisons “a real exaggeration."         Want more?  Barack Obama Gets School Named After Him In Former Confederate Capital   Pentagon Calls Off Major Annual Military Exercise With South Korea   ‘Pro-Life,’ Pro-Family Groups Are MIA On Family Separations At The Border   HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe