The meeting, which lasted nearly two hours, included Jeh Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Security who has been tasked with undertaking the review, as well as top Obama advisers John Podesta and Valerie Jarrett. Domestic Policy Council director Cecilia Munoz also participated in the meeting, as did Legislative Affairs director Katie Beirne Fallon.

“The president reiterated the deep concern he has for the pain these families face and that he has asked Secretary Johnson to do an inventory of the Department’s current practices to see how it can conduct enforcement more humanely within the confines of the law,” the White House said in a statement.

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