Trump Defends Family-Separation Policy

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and top administration officials defended the separation of children from adults at the southern border amid growing outcry over the practice, making clear it would remain in place unless Congress addressed it as part of immigration legislation.

After earlier suggesting in a tweet that the separation policy—which has divided parents from their children—was a way to weed out potential criminals, Mr. Trump on Monday afternoon called the practice "so sad." He said that with congressional action,...

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