Trump Pushes Immigration as Midterm Issue Despite Controversy
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- By Jim Malone
As he campaigns around the country for fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump has left little doubt that he intends to make immigration a central issue in this year’s congressional midterm elections. But that strategy involves a measure of political risk in the wake of the heavy criticism leveled at the administration over its policy of separating children from parents crossing the border, a policy the president reversed last week. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone has more.