Melania Trump says US should 'govern with heart' when it comes to migrant children

Get the Full StoryFirst lady Melania Trump weighed in on the growing controversy regarding the Trump administration's practice of separating migrant children from their parents.

She said through a spokesperson that the US needs to "govern with heart" when it comes to immigration reform.

It's one of the only times Trump has commented on her husband's policies.

First lady Melania Trump is wading into the emotional controversy over policies enacted by her husband's administration that have increased the number of migrant children being separated from their parents.

Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told CNN on Sunday that the first lady believes "we need to be a country that follows all laws," but also one "that governs with heart."See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why the North Korea summit mattered even if it was 'mostly a photo op'See Also:Trump repeats falsehood that Democrats are to blame for forced family separations at the US-Mexico borderTrump reportedly told Japan's prime minister he'd send him '25 million Mexicans'Trump keeps falsely blaming Democrats for his administration's family separation policy here's what's really going onSEE ALSO: About 2,000 children have been forcibly separated from their families at the border since Trump's 'zero tolerance' policy started

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