INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Donald Trump said US will not be a "refugee holding facility"
(File)Washington: President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would not become a "migrant
camp" as he faced mounting pressure to stop families being separated as a deterrent to illegal immigration."The United States will not be a
migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility," Trump said in remarks delivered at the White House
"It won't be.""You look at what's happening in Europe, you look at what's happening in other places, we can't allow that to happen to the
Not on my watch.About 2,000 children have been separated from their parents or guardians over six weeks, according to US authorities, since
the Trump administration announced that all migrants illegally crossing the Mexican border would be arrested, regardless of whether the
adults were seeking asylum.Since children cannot be sent to the facilities where their parents are held, they are separated from them.Trump
has repeatedly said he wants family separations to end, but has refused to take responsibility for them -- instead blaming Democrats, the
minority party in Congress, whom he accuses of blocking legislation on the broader issue of illegal immigration.He doubled down on that
claim on Monday in a series of tweets, and again in remarks before a meeting of the National Space Council."If the Democrats would sit down
instead of obstructing, we could have something done very quickly
Good for the children, good for the country, good for the world," he said."We have the worst immigration laws in the entire world.""We're
stuck with these horrible laws
What's happening is so sad, is so sad
And it can be taken care of quickly, beautifully," he said."But just remember, a country without borders is not a country at all
We need borders, we need security
We have to take care of our people."(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published
