A White House official confirmed to NPR's Sarah McCammon that Mrs. Trump pressed her husband to act to keep undocumented immigrant families together.
"She's been talking to him about it from the very beginning," the official said, who declined to speak on the record due to the sensitivity of the issue. The first lady's "Be Best" initiative is focused on the well-being of children.NPR: Melania Trump Pressured President Trump To Change Family Separation Policy,
Mrs. Trump, shown here during a viewing of the caged children. |