Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said President Donald Trump is largely correct on immigration and does not have a credibility problem on the issue.
His comments came in a column for USA Today posted on Sunday.
But he maintained White House chief of staff John Kelly and congressional Democrats do have a credibility problem.
"In March 2017, then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly appeared on television promoting child separation as a powerful deterrent to illegal immigration," he said.
"However, as details emerged about the border situation, his close confidant and successor at DHS, Kirstjen Nielsen, claimed there was no such policy. The messaging was as incompetent and dishonest as the policy was cruel and immoral, and people should be held accountable.
"Because President Trump was largely correct on the issue, he doesn't face a credibility problem. There is no clean executive solution to border enforcement, and Congress is to blame for the ongoing illegal immigration crisis."
He claimed Trump issued an executive order bringing families back together as soon as the president had a full understanding of the situation.
But he noted the "order is unlikely to pass legal muster."
And he maintained Congress offers "the best hope for a solution."
"President Trump is open to compromising on 'zero tolerance' enforcement and providing a path to citizenship for 'Dreamers' — immigrants brought into the country illegally as children — in exchange for border security funding, but Democrats see it more politically expedient to obstruct.
"America must balance its role as a haven for the world's huddled masses with law, order and security. The president wants to find common ground, but the 'resistance' is peddling false narratives to avoid making a deal. The Democrats, not the president, have the real credibility problem."
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