Trump Signs Executive Order to Stop Family Separations at Border

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (L) and Vice President Mike Pence (R), signs an executive order that will end the practice of separating family members who are apprehended after illegally entering the United States, in Washington on June 20, 2018. Win McNamee/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 20 that he says will help stop the separation of families at the southwest border.

The main action in the order is a demand that Attorney General Jeff Sessions promptly file a request to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to modify the Flores Settlement Agreement.