'I'm ashamed of what they're doing': Backlash grows for Trump and his aides

The family separation controversy is sparking tensions inside the White House and among Trump’s allies.

By ANDREW RESTUCCIA 06/20/2018 09:32 AM EDT

The furor over President Donald Trump’s decision to forcibly separate thousands of migrant children from their families reached new heights on Wednesday after news broke that the administration is placing babies and toddlers in “tender age” shelters.

The revelation, published late Tuesday night by the Associated Press, capped a grim 24 hours that stood out as a low point even for a White House that long ago grew accustomed to operating in a perpetual state of crisis.

With cable news flashing images of migrant children in cages and lawmakers’ offices facing a flood of angry phone calls, the president and his allies looked increasingly disconnected from the uproar over the policy, which a recent poll showed was deeply unpopular across the country.

On Tuesday night, shortly before the AP story broke, Trump attended a $100,000-plus-per-person fundraiser at his hotel in Washington, D.C. Before that, he met with House Republicans at the Capitol, where he sounded off on everything from trade to fighter jets, while only briefly acknowledging the outcry over the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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