Michael McCaul casts doubt on future of Trump’s zero tolerance policy

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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Sunday the future of President Trump’s zero tolerance toward illegal immigration that resulted in family separations was in doubt, even though the Justice Department has said it will continue to prosecute all immigrants who enter illegally.

“I have heard recent reports now that that policy may be revisited and it may not go forward,” McCaul said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It’s very unclear how this executive order is playing out, but I’m not clear about now the prosecution of the parents. I think they want to reunite the family and then remove them from the country.”

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