Analysis: Make no mistake. The Trump administration just admitted its arguments were bogus and that it overplayed its hand.
The Trump administration insisted it didn’t have a policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. It said that it was merely following the law. And it said “Congress alone can fix” the mess.
It just admitted that all that was nonsense — and that it badly overplayed its hand. https://goo.gl/tfgeii