Border Wars : Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration

The real story behind Trump's decision to separate families at the border, unleashing one of the ugliest chapters in the history of immigration in America. How President Trump, in a rage about migrants, came within 24 hours of shutting down the entir... Read more

The real story behind Trump's decision to separate families at the border, unleashing one of the ugliest chapters in the history of immigration in America. How President Trump, in a rage about migrants, came within 24 hours of shutting down the entire border with Mexico, and the mad scramble by his top aides to stop him-an effort that touched off a purge inside the Department of Homeland Security. The president's fixation with finding ways to physically punish migrants who try to cross illegally into the United States by constructing a wall that would shock, cut, and burn them. How Stephen Miller created his own secret immigration think tank inside the West Wing to churn out measures to restrict and penalize immigrants, but ultimately turned against his ideological allies when they found ideas too extreme. How Trump's inner circle, rushing to issue executive orders and suspicious of "deep state" bureaucrats, skipped a national security review of the "Muslim travel ban" and pressured skeptical Justice Department officials to sign off on it. Book jacket. Less