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President Donald Trump would support narrow legislation halting his administration’s harshly criticized policy of separating children from their parents when they’re caught illegally crossing the U.S. border with Mexico, an administration official said.
The president still would prefer that Congress pass one of two bills drafted by House Republicans that would also fund a border wall and curb legal immigration, said the official, who asked not to be identified describing the president’s fallback position. But if both bills fail in votes House Speaker Paul Ryan set for Thursday, Trump is expected to support legislation aimed only at family separations, the official said.