First ladies criticize border family separation

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former first lady Michelle Obama is adding her voice to the rising chorus of criticism of the Trump administration’s policy of family separation at the border.

On Twitter Monday, Michelle Obama re-tweeted a message from former first lady Laura Bush promoting a column she wrote decrying the policy. Obama added: “Sometimes truth transcends party.”

Laura Bush is the wife of Republican President George W. Bush. She called the separation policy “cruel” and “immoral” in a guest column for The Washington Post Sunday.