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Some Democratic members are calling for abolishing ICE, and over the weekend hundreds of thousands showed up in cities across the U.S. to protest the president's immigration policies. Former ICE Director John Sandweg joins Morning Joe to give his take.…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that his Republican colleagues support legislation to end the practice of separating families at the border, adding that a bill “would need to be a narrow agreement to fix the problem we all agree needs to be fixed.” Joe Hagin, the White House deputy chief of staff for operations who led the planning for Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has resigned. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. Voters in the nation’s capital are heading to the polls for the D.C. primary election, where the mayor, attorney general, and several lawmakers are up for reelection. Polls close at 8 p.m. Today on The Atlantic A Troll Succeeds: Reports about children being separated from their parents at the border have prompted online outrage and even protests. That’s exactly what Stephen Miller wants. (McKay Coppins) How Did the GOP Get Here? The Happiness Gap: A new mental-health study found that as rich Americans have gotten happier since the 1990s, low-income Americans saw decreases in positive feelings and life satisfaction. (Russell Berman) Snapshot What We’re Reading What Are the Facts? : The president and top administration officials say that U.S. laws require them to separate immigrant families illegally crossing the border.

John Sandweg, former acting director of ICE, talks to Lawrence about the risk that under the Trump policy some of these children will never be reunited with their parents. Professor Victoria DeFrancesco Soto also joins in Brownsville, Texas. » Subscribe…