Trump: "You have to take the children away"
In a defensive and rambling speech in which the president was clearly venting frustration over the rising tide of bipartisan outrage over the policy that separates migrant families, Donald Trump told an audience of small-business owners a series of falsehoods and dramatic, fear-mongering warnings as he doubled down on his now familiar justifications for child separation.
While reserving blame for the Democrats (who, he said, support open borders because they consider MS-13 gang members future Democrat voters and who forced this outcome by building loopholes in the immigration laws) and Mexico (They do nothing for us), Trump still seemed to take some ownership of the policy, justifying it as a necessary step in protecting the border. When you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away, he said.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/trump-gives-rambling-speech-about-immigration-to-small-business-owners.html