“To watch those families broken apart in real time puts to us a very simple question: are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents’ arms, or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?” Obama said in a statement posted on Facebook.
“To find a way to welcome the refugee and the immigrant –- to be big enough and wise enough to uphold our laws and honor our values at the same time –- is part of what makes us American,” said the former president, while acknowledging that Wednesday was World Refugee Day.
Obama’s comments joined a firestorm of opposition to the Donald Trump administration’s so-called “zero tolerance” policy begun in early May that caused the separation of more than 2,300 children from their parents after they crossed the US-Mexico border illegally.
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Michael, you support Trump Immigration laws? Is Democrats just trying to score a point as opposition?
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UPDATE:
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order promising to "keep families together", but migrants will still be detained at the border.
He said he had been swayed by pictures of children who have been taken from parents while they are jailed and prosecuted for illegal border-crossing
The new order comes amid domestic and international fury over the separation of undocumented parents and children.
Mr Trump had earlier urged lawmakers to pass a bill ending family separations.
He also wants immigration laws to be toughened under any such legislation.
"It's about keeping families together," Mr Trump said at the signing ceremony on Wednesday.
"I did not like the sight of families being separated," he said, but added the administration would continue its "zero tolerance policy".
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order promising to "keep families together", but migrants will still be detained at the border.
He said he had been swayed by pictures of children who have been taken from parents while they are jailed and prosecuted for illegal border-crossing
The new order comes amid domestic and international fury over the separation of undocumented parents and children.
Mr Trump had earlier urged lawmakers to pass a bill ending family separations.
He also wants immigration laws to be toughened under any such legislation.
"It's about keeping families together," Mr Trump said at the signing ceremony on Wednesday.
"I did not like the sight of families being separated," he said, but added the administration would continue its "zero tolerance policy".
Itodo Michael
Hypocrite Obama. Was it Trump that made the law? The law was made under Bill Clinton govt and Obama followed the law too.
Endy Edeson
@Michael: The Democrats are really pained seeing Trump in White House. Regarding the law, I don't think Obama supported Child separation from illegal fathers of migrant children