WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is falsely claiming that “bad legislation passed by the Democrats” has forced his administration to separate children from their families at the border, even though no such law exists.
TRUMP’S TWEET
Trump tweeted Tuesday: “Separating families at the Border is the fault of bad legislation passed by the Democrats.
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