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First Lady Visits Detention Center; Outrage Over Treatment of Immigrants Remains


First Lady Visits Detention Center; Outrage Over Treatment of Immigrants Remains
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Images of crying toddlers and reports of 2,300 children separated from parents who are detained for crossing the U.S. southern border without documentation have triggered reactions against the administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday halting the separations. On Thursday, first lady Melania Trump visited a children's detention center in Texas. VOA's Zlatica Hoke reports, neither of the moves have appeased the critics.

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