Trump reverses course on separation of migrant families

US president signs executive order ending child separation but says 'zero-tolerance' prosecution policy will continue.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would keep families together after they get detained crossing the border illegally.

The order was drafted by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in an effort to end what has become a major crisis for the Trumpadministration.

"We're going to have very strong borders but we are going to keep families together," the president said, adding that he doesn't like seeing children separated from their families.