Sen. Jeff Merkley fixes Trump's immigration tweet for him

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published 31 July 2018

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) isn't President Trump's teacher, but that didn't stop him from schooling him on Twitter.

Merkley made his edits after a judge told the Trump administration they must hand over by Wednesday information on the migrant parents who were separated from their children at the border, and haven't yet been reunited with their kids. Trump hasn't commented on Merkley's tweet, but did pat himself on the back for "reuniting illegal families," who, of course, were separated in the first place by the government.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.