NBC News: Trump has for months been urging administration to reinstate child separation policy
A senior administration official said they believe Trump is convinced that family separation has been the most effective policy at deterring asylum seekers.
NBC News exclusively learns that Donald Trump is a big fan of separating migrant children from their parents.
EXCLUSIVE from @JuliaEAinsley and me: President Trump has for months now urged his administration to reinstate large-scale separation of migrant families crossing the border, according to three U.S. officials with knowledge of meetings at the White House.
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 8, 2019
