President Trump Says U.S. Immigration Laws 'Dumbest' in World

Trump also highlighted Republicans' platform for “strong borders and no crime,” as thousands of protesters rallied across the country for the reunion of parents and children separated under his zero-tolerance immigration policy.

Tens of thousands of protesters took part in more than 700 nationwide marches around the country, from immigrant-friendly cities like Los Angeles and New York to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming under the banner Families Belong Together.

Some protesters showed up around Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, where he is spending the weekend, carrying signs that read, “Do you know where our children are?” and “Even the Trump family belongs together.

Trump signed an executive order last week to end the separation practice, but hundreds of families still remain separated in detention centers.

Immigration authorities are arguing that a court order preventing family separation gives them the legal power to detain families indefinably.

In federal court on Friday night, the Justice Department filed an announcement that it is now keeping families in detention while their immigration cases are processed. That could mean months of detention for some asylum seekers, experts say.