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Split families in limbo amid Trump immigration chaos

US President Donald Trump finds himself in a firestorm over immigration, as he and government agencies come under mounting pressure to end a migrant family separation crisis. [Mandel Ngan, AFP]

The fate of 2,300 children wrested from their parents at the US border with Mexico remained unclear Friday two days after Donald Trump ordered an end to migrant family separations, as the president accused Democrats of spinning "phony" tales of suffering for electoral gain.

While the US leader bowed to global outrage over the splitting of families, conflicting messages were contributing to a sense of chaos in the handling of the crisis.

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