President Trump listens during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House on June 20. “When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy, I didn’t have it,” Trump said. “President Obama is the one that built those prison cells.”Trump’s assertions about Obama’s immigration policies have been debunked several times by The Post’s Fact Checker. [Trump digs in on false claim that he stopped Obama’s family separation policy]As Díaz-Balart continued to press Trump on the “zero tolerance” policy, the president defended himself by reiterating that he was the one responsible for reuniting families. “But I hated to have the separation policy,” he said, prompting Díaz-Balart to ask the president again if “zero tolerance” was a mistake.

Source: Washington Post June 21, 2019 11:06 UTC