Yahoo News Donald Trump's approval ratings reach highest point of his Presidency
Voters have just given Donald Trump his joint highest approval rating of his Presidency so far.
A Gallup poll has found that 45% of US residents currently approve of the divisive President, compared to 50% who disapprove.
The figure is equal to Trump’s highest ever rating from Gallup since entering the White House, gaining 45% approval for the week ending 29 January, 2017.
The latest figure represents a 3% rise since 10 June, and follows his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Following the summit, Trump tweeted that the world was a safer place and said he had co-signed a document that stated North Korea’s aim for denuclearisation.
Whether that upward trend continues remains to be seen, especially in the light of recent controversy surrounding migrant families being separated at the border with Mexico.
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The Trump administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to illegal border crossings means all unlawful crossings are referred for prosecution – a process that moves adults to the custody of the US Marshals Service and sends many children to facilities run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Under the Obama administration, families were usually referred for civil deportation proceedings, not requiring separation.
Nearly 2,000 children were separated from their families over a six-week period in April and May.
The Trump administration insists the family separations are required under law, but after signalling on Monday that it would oppose any fix aimed solely at addressing the plight of children separated from their parents under the crackdown, the White House said on Tuesday it is reviewing emergency legislation to keep migrant families together.
The bill would add more federal immigration judges, authorise new temporary shelters to house migrant families, speed the processing of asylum cases and require that families that cross the border illegally to be kept together, if there is no criminal conduct or threats to the welfare of children.
