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San Diegans react after Trump halts his administration's policy of separating families at border

Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration's policy of separating children from thei...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration's policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the U.S. Border.

What the president's executive order does not change is his administration's zero tolerance policy - meaning all adults who enter the country illegally will continue to be prosecuted. Under Wednesday's order, families will be held together for 20 days. After that time, they must either be deported or be separated. 

However, not everyone is applauding the executive order. San Diego activists said they believe it falls short in securing justice for all families who have already been separated. 

San Diego attorney, Dulce Garcia, an immigration activists and dreamer herself (having come to the United States from Mexico at the age of four), said she hoped the president would completely end the policy of keeping migrant children in any form of detention. 

Also unacceptable, according to many immigration activists: the Trump administration confirmed the 2,300 plus children already separated from their parents, many being held in San Diego, would not be immediately reunited with their parents. 

The outcry to find a long term solution to families being separated is expected to continue as the administration failed to give details as to how or when the already separated children would be reunited with their families. 

Despite the president's executive order, an immigration attorney told News 8 the process could take quite some time. 

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