Separating parents and children will hurt Trump at ballot box

Even the US’s first lady has questioned the policy. It has caused uproar in an election year, with the midterms to be held in November, says Jennifer Epstein.

US president Donald Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from parents who illegally cross the Mexican border threatens to balloon into an election-year headache for Republicans. He is struggling to explain and defend a practice questioned even by his wife.