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FACT CHECK: Are Democrats Responsible For DHS Separating Children From Their Parents?

In a weekend tweet, President Trump issued a call to "put pressure on the Democrats to end the horrible law" that causes children to be separated from their parents once they cross the U.S. border.
Central American migrants travelling in the "Migrant Via Crucis" caravan walk to their legal counselling meeting in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on April 28, 2018.

Over Memorial Day weekend, President Trump tweeted that people should "put pressure on the Democrats to end the horrible law that separates children from there (sic) parents once they cross the Border into the U.S."

The president implied that children were being separated

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