President Trump has wisely moved to stop separating families at the border, but that won’t remotely end the immigration wars — and may not even mean a permanent end to this dust-up.
With the uproar continuing to mount, including among Republicans on Capitol Hill, Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to “keep families together,” even as he vowed to “maintain toughness” on border security.
In the short term, this should cool the crisis — provided the courts don’t throw in a new monkey wrench. At issue is a 1997 court settlement that bars the feds from detaining migrant children (even with their parents) for more than 20 days.
Trump hopes to end-run that rule and keep families detained together indefinitely. Yet his executive order will surely face a legal challenge, since the left won’t rest until it forces him to end his “zero tolerance” policy.
All this comes as House Republicans prepare to vote on immigration-reform bills that need Democratic support — with no sign they’ll get it.
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05.09.2025